Black Death in the Middle Ages
Updated Term 3 2023
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The websites below will help you with information on the Black Death. Some of the websites will contain information about all the things you need to research, some are only on a certain aspect of the Black Death. We've split them up into general information and specific information. We have colour coded them based on their difficulty. Green are the easiest, orange are medium difficulty and red are the longest or have the most advanced language. Choose the reading level you're comfortable with.
If you decide to do more research on your own, here is some advice to help you:
You can use the SLASA Referencing Generator for your bibliography. Email Miss Hewson for the password.
The websites below will help you with information on the Black Death. Some of the websites will contain information about all the things you need to research, some are only on a certain aspect of the Black Death. We've split them up into general information and specific information. We have colour coded them based on their difficulty. Green are the easiest, orange are medium difficulty and red are the longest or have the most advanced language. Choose the reading level you're comfortable with.
If you decide to do more research on your own, here is some advice to help you:
- There is a lot of information on the Black Death, you won't struggle to find websites. But a lot of websites are very long and detailed and have far more information you need, so you might need to look at a lot of websites before you find ones that are useful to you. Don't use information you don't understand.
- When you do a Google search, open any useful looking websites in a new tab (right click on a PC, two finger click on a Mac, and choose 'open in new tab'). Then you can just close the tab if that website isn't what you need.
- Remember to evaluate the websites you're using to decide if they were written by an expert. Do you remember how to do that?
- If you're looking for a specific question, or looking for sources, put it in your search. eg. 'black death sources', or 'black death burial'.
- Make sure the information you're using is about the Black Death in the Middle Ages.
You can use the SLASA Referencing Generator for your bibliography. Email Miss Hewson for the password.
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General information
Black Death - DK Find Out The Black Death plague - Ducksters - You can listen to the text on this page if that's something you need. Causes and effects of the Black Death - BBC Bitesize Black Death - Britannica School - You can use the button at the top to listen to the article The Black Death: The Plague, 1331-1770 - University of Iowa - This page also has sources. How the Black Death worked - HowStuffWorks - Use the page numbers to move through all the information. Black Death - History.com - Use the Contents box to jump to different sections if you need to. The Black Death of 1348-1350 - History Learning Site |
Information on specific aspects of the Black Death
Cures for the Black Death - History Learning Site Death in Medieval Europe - University of Rhode Island - This website isn't specifically about the Black Death, but it will give you helpful information about normal Medieval burial practices and what might have been done differently during the Black Death plague Plague doctors didn't actually wear beaked masks during the Black Plague - Mental Floss What was Medieval and Renaissance medicine? - Medical News Today - Ignore the section on Renaissance medicine Plague victims in medieval mass grave were arranged with care by 'last chance' hospital's clergy - Live Science First evidence that medieval plague victims were buried individually with 'considerable care' - ScienceDaily Beating the Black Death: Did medieval medicine help people survive? - History Extra Black Death: Effects and significance - Encyclopaedia Britannica |
Websites with sources (as well as information on the Black Death) Chronicle of the Black Death - British Library The Black Death - Spartacus Educational The Black Death, 1348 - Eyewitness to History |
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