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The Black Plague

 

In some cities across Europe, almost 800 people died every day. (The Black Death NP).
             During the time of the plague many people in desperation turned to the church for help. The church promised many cures, treatment, and an explanation for the plague. The church stated that it was God's will, but the reason for this awful punishment was unknown. People wanted answers, but the priests and bishops had none. The clergy abandoned their Christian duties and fled. People across Europe prayed to god and begged for forgiveness. After the plague, there were many angry and frustrated villagers who began to revolt against the church. (The Black Death NP).
             Many attempts were made to stop the spreading of the Black Death. Even though the government had many medical workers trying to stop the plague, the plague still insisted to infect many people. Most medical workers trying to work on curing the plague just quit and journeyed away because they were afraid they were going to get the plague themselves. Many people believed that the disease was transmitted through the air, most likely because the stench of the dead and dying were so terrible. So, the living decided to turn to scents to ward off deadly vapors. People every type of incense you could think of. Some of the scents were juniper, laurel, pine, beech, lemon leaves, rosemary, camphor and sulfur. Also many people carried around handkerchiefs dipped in aromatic oils, to cover their faces when they went out. Also another supposed remedy was the cure of sound. Towns rang church bells to drive the plague away, for the ringing of town bells was done in crises of all kinds. Some rumors and legends of cures were that people believed if you drank elderberry everyday, or who had worn a jade necklace, it would help you survive through the disease. In Milan, one of the most successful examples, city officials immediately walled up houses found to have the plague, isolating the healthy in them from the sick.


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