consequences

consequences:
 * There was no medicine available for curing the sickness
 * 70-75% of the population lost their lives
 * Jews were attacked
 * death of people led to shortage of labor in parts of the world
 * Prices and Wages rose
 * Greater value was placed on labour
 * Farming land was given over to pasturing, which was much less labour-intensive
 * This change in farming led to a boost in the cloth and woollen industry
 * Peasants moved from the country to the towns
 * The Black Death was therefore also responsible for the decline of the Feudal system
 * People became disillusioned with the church and its power and influence went into decline
 * This resulted in the English reformation
 * Peoples Communities were depressed
 * [[image:http://rpgathenaeum.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/plague-doctor.jpg width="260" height="314"]]

This is the cuase and how peasants thought about this and the consquenes they faced.

[|RATS!!!!]

Rats were part of the problem because the carried the dieases The fleas bit into their victims literally injecting them with the disease. Death could be very quick for the weaker victims. Millions of people between **1348** and**1350** died from the it with no medical attention. In towns and cities people lived very close together which helped spread the diseases faster and they knew nothing about contagious diseases.Also the disposal of bodies was very crude and helped to spread the disease still further as thosewho handled the dead bodies did not protect themselves in any way. The filth that littered streets gave rats the perfect environment to breed and increase their number. It is commonly thought that it was the rats that caused the disease. This is not true, the fleas did this. However, it was the rats that enabled the disease to spread very quickly and the filth in the streets of our towns and cities did not help to stop the spread of the disease.
 * [|"The first signs of the plague were lumps in the groin or armpits. After this, livid black]**
 * [|spots appeared on the arms and thighs and other parts of the body. Few recovered.]**
 * [|Almost all died within three days, usually without any fever."]**

The peasants

Alot of peasants and others believe that god brought this diseases upon them because he was mad at them. So those who survived the Black Death believed that there was something special about them, almost as if God had protected them. Therefore, they took the opportunity offered by the disease to improve their lifestyle.