The Black Death

The Black Death

1. First arrived in Britain in 1348

2. Symptoms

   • Buboes
     • Bursting buboes
   • Fever and vomiting
   • Black bruises
   • Headaches
   • DEATH
   • Appeared in rapid succession

3. Two Types

   • Pneumonic
     • Spread by sneezing and coughing
   • Bubonic
     • Spread by flea bites

4. Effects

   • Devastating
     • Between a third and a half of the population of Britain died
     • Sometimes whole villages were wiped out