The Black Death

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Across
  1. 2. The act of interring the countless victims of the Black Death
  2. 4. Religious zealots who whipped themselves to atone for the plague
  3. 6. Large boils that appear when infected with Yersinia Pestis
  4. 8. A deadly epidemic that devastated Europe in the 14th century
  5. 9. Insects that carried the Black Death's bacteria from rats to humans
  6. 11. Religious leaders who played a central role in medieval and renaissance society
  7. 12. A race of people who were persecuted for being thought to have caused the plague
Down
  1. 1. One of the bodily humours, linked to sickness during medieval times
  2. 3. The period that was after the Dark Ages
  3. 5. Medieval religious sanctuaries that cared for the sick during the Black Death
  4. 7. A medical temperament associated with blood and optimism despite grim times
  5. 10. People with a certain skin disease who were prejudiced against and thought to cause the plague