The Black Death

1. Insect that carried the plague
3. An epidemic of infectious disease that has spread over a large region
4. A continent that was effected by the plague
7. Humours A theory in which most doctors relied on, it was developed by the Greeks
8. People who were accused of beginning the plague
10. The most powerfuland influential religion in the Middle Ages
11. Someone who treated plague victims, these people wore costumes with a bird-like mask
12. A play about the plague, commonly known as the Dance of Death
15. The time that the plague struck. The middle period of history.
17. The plague caused many people this sad fate.
18. Aset of practices performed for the preservation of healthmassgraves A grave containing multiple dead bodies

1. People who whipped themselves, hoping to please God and stop the plague
2. A class of religion officials; preists, pastors, bishops...
5. The name of one of the deadliest pandemics in history, it arrived in the mid fourteenth century and killed as many as 25 million lives
6. These animals often stowed away on merchant ships and spread the plague throughout Africa, Asia and Europe
9. The swelling of lymph nodes
13. Used to prevent, treat or diagnose an illness
14. People who worked in the church and cared for sick
16. These people were commonly accused of poising water and beginning the plague