Week of February 6th-10th

[5Nicole]

Monday- we presented

Tuesday- presentations

Wednesday- snow day

Thursday- presentations

Friday- notes

Bubonic Plague- serious fatal infection with bacteria 

• not a natural human disease

• Facts
  • Also called "The Black Death" 
  • It's not a natural human-caused disease
  • Restricted among rodents from Central Asia
  • Does not survive in the absence of rats
  • Rats are not the cause of the plague, it's caused by a pathogen and a flea 
  • Caused more deaths than WWI and WWII combined 
• Causes
  • Pathogen: the Bacillus Yersinia Pestis (Yersin's Plague)
    • First isolated in 1894 by scientist Alexandre Yersin
  • Vector: rat flea
    • Transmits disease from rat to rat 
  • Normal Course of the Plague:
    • Flea bites the infected rat
    • Drinks in bacillus along with the rat's blood
    • Bacillus reproduces in flea's gut
    • Forms a solid mass
    • Flea becomes frantic with hunger
    • Repeatedly bites rat after rat
    • Rats transferred it to humans 
• Where it Came From
  • Rats came from Central Asia
    • Uganda, Western Arabia, Kurdistan, and Northern India 
• Short Term Effects
  • Superstition in people increased, people became more paranoid (witch trials) 
  • Chills
  • Headaches
  • Muscle aches
  • Fatigue 
• Long Term Effects
  • Changes in mental attitudes 
  • Loss of confidence in faith 
  • People didn't have faith because the church didn't stop it from spreading
  • The idea of "Christendom" was abandoned 
  • Rise of patriotism and nationalism 
  • The economy fell
  • Many villages were abandoned and never resettled
  • Population decreased and wasn't rebuilt until centuries later
  • Mass burials 
  • Affected at least 25%-35% of Europe
  • The population of Paris was cut in half 
• When/What Happened
  • In the early 1330's, an outbreak of deadly Bubonic Plague occurred in China. The Bubonic Plague mainly affects rodents, but fleas can transmit the disease to people. Once people are infected, they infect others very rapidly 
• Positives
  • Birth of modern medicine 
• How it Ended
  • The epidemic reached its zenith in the years 1348 to 1350, though the disease never vanished entirely
• Symptoms
  • looks very disturbing
  • headaches
  • muscle aches
  • chills
• Immune system can't attack it because it doesn't see it as a threat

Great Schism

• Causes
  • Disputes from the Pope and Patriarchs

There was two Schisms

Magna Carta

• took power from kings
• King John was terrible

English Parliment

• Started up with King Edward I