Satan Triumphant: The Black Death

Questions

1. From what Italian city was the ship from that brought the Black Death to Europe?
2. Where (sea) did the ship come from?
3. When (year)did the ship leave the Black sea with the plague?
4, What year did the plague get to Italy:
5. In what year did the plague get to England?
6. If you saw a person who had the plague, what would the person look like?
7. What were the 2 ways the plague was spread?
8. If a person caught the plague, what would likely happen to him/her in a few days?
9. Who caught the plague more quickly – the rich or the poor?
10. Describe how families dealt with family members who had the plague.

Use the Feudal Living reading to answer the following questions.

11. What were the jobs (steps) a knight had before becoming a knight?
12. For each job you listed in question 11, what did the knight in training do?
13. At what age did a boy start learning to be knight?
14. At what age did the boy become a page?
15. What did knights do with most of their time?