Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Why did Black Death spread so
rapidly through England and
Scotland in the mid 14th Century?
- Limitations of medical knowledge
- They didn't understand how disease was spread
- Could do little to prevent it from spreading
- Didn't understand
importance of good nursing
- War
- Fall of Calais
- Goods harbouring plague
distributed across English coast
- Scots
- Wanted to invade England in 1050
- Muster on border, some catch plague
- Army scatters taking plague with them
- Trade
- trade with european ports
- brought Black Death to many
English ports in a few weeks
- Internal trade
- Carried bacteria through England Quickly
- Living Conditions
- Over-crowding
- Poor personal hygiene
- Insanitary disposal of sewage
- houses riddled with vermin
- Ideal conditions for both
bubonic/pneumonic plague