The Plague

4. The fraction of the population of Europe that died due to the Plague
5. The bacteria found in rat blood that caused the plague (abbr.)
7. Organized attacks on Jews across Europe
8. A modern name for the plague. If you told it to someone in the 14th century, they wouldn’t know what you were talking about
9. The name of the swelling that occurs in one type of the plague
12. The animal whose belly was placed on swellings to attempt to suck out the poison
14. A conspiracy theory said that Jews had poisoned these, causing the Plague
17. A person who publicly inflicts pain on themselves as penance
19. The symbol that Jews were required to wear at this time

1. The form of the plague that caused large swellings in the neck, groin, and armpits
2. The genre of art we still use today that was created during the time of the Plague pandemic
3. Small animals that drink a rat’s blood
6. The era that the Plague was part of in terms of medicine and science
10. The initials of the type of flea that bit humans and infected them with the Plague
11. A minority group that is illogically blamed for a crisis
13. The place in the flea’s body that would get clogged from too much Yersinia pestis
15. The act of cutting open a wound to extract the poison
16. A fruit that, mixed with cooked onions, was hoped to soften swellings from the Plague
18. The specific minority group who got illogically blamed for the Plague pandemic
20. Carriers of the plague across Europe