Black Death

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Across
  1. 3. The 'Black' disaster of the 14th century
  2. 6. Medieval 'bad air' blamed for the Black Death
  3. 7. Persecuted groups wrongly accused of 'poisoning wells' during the plague
  4. 10. Burial place that filled rapidly during the plague
  5. 11. Resistance to disease after exposure
  6. 13. Italian city heavily affected by plague
  7. 15. Trader who may have unknowingly spread infection
Down
  1. 1. Masked physician with a beak-like face covering
  2. 2. A state of enforced isolation to prevent the spread of disease
  3. 4. Dark, egg-sized lumps found on a plagues victim
  4. 5. The tiny, blood-sucking jumpers that carried the Black Death.
  5. 8. The airborne version of the Black Death that attacked the lungs
  6. 9. Hygiene factor often lacking in medieval cities
  7. 12. The 'Great' event that thinned Europe's population by half
  8. 14. Four-legged carriers of the Black Death's fleas