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The Plague Video Handout Answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. It was a golden age in Europe just before the Plague. Trade, food, and weather were all good. Then, it got colder, wars broke out, and plague came. Mongolia An infectious disease called bubonic plague, also known as Black Death. It came on merchant ships to Sicily in 1347. First, many thought it was because they had sinned and God was angry. They tried to fix it by passing laws against certain sins (e.g. gambling or prostitution) or by trying to punish themselves and please God (like the flagellant movement). Second, they thought it might have been caused by three planets lining up, which caused “bad air” and made the “balances” in the body get out of balance. They tried to fix it by bleeding, leeches, or using fire to “clean” the air. It was fleas that were on the rats. The unclean, crowded cities also helped it spread as did the peasants living conditions which were also unclean. A religious response to the Plague where people would whip themselves and punish themselves the way Jesus was before being crucified. They did this to try and please God and have the Plague taken from them. Christians viewed non-Christians as the enemy and the Jews were the most convenient group to blame. So Christians blamed the Jews for the Plague and thought attacking them would please God and stop the disease. It created doubt in the Church which eventually helped lead to the Protestant Reformation. It created a labor shortage which helped lead to the development of new technology. It created a surplus of food that led to specialization and more trade that led to surplus wealth, which could be spent on luxury goods. It also caused people to focus on the individual and on living life to the fullest. All these things combined to set the stage for the Renaissance. _____________________________________________________________ CURRENT GRADE IN CLASS