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Mary The Black Death Contents Brief Introduction Three forms of the Black Death Consequences of the Black Death Mid-14th century Spread by rat fleas First in Europe, then in England esp. the summer of 1348 Spread of the black death Why it is happened in European? The terrible system of the public heath Water pollution was serious In Europe, they killed the cats that have the gift in catching the rats, because they think the cats were the pets or assistants of witches. Why it is called the Black Death? People who caught the disease had swellings on their bodies, sometimes as big as eggs. Then the black spots would appear. The black death brought people a period of darkness. Many people suffered physically as well as mentally a lot in the disaster. The victims will die in 2-6 days. Also, many people lost their family and relatives. Because of the two reasons, peopel called it the black death. Bubonic plague（淋巴腺鼠疫） Pheumonic plague（肺鼠疫） Septicemic plague（败血性鼠疫） Three forms of the black death Consequences Depopulation Social and economical effects Religion Other effects Depopulation 75 million people died all over the world (25 million of them are Europeans, which is a third of Europeans ) 2.Social and economical effects Improving the situation of surviving peasants More fertile land are available to the population Exacerbating a recession in the European economy 3.Religion A further deterioration in the position of Church and the religious officials