it depends. if they were religious they thought it was a punishment from god, but if they weren't religious they thought it was bad a ir and many people burnt smelly herbs and potions to ward away the 'evil spirits'.
They really didn't know what caused it at first then they found out it was the rats.
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It has been said to be many things that caused the black plague.
One theory was that the Jews who traveled from place to place brought it with them but they had built up an immunity to it.
Another theory is that the rats that came in on ships and such brought it and it easily spread to people.
Yet another theory is that the cats that ate the mice that had the plague came into people's homes as helpers and spread the disease.
It was fleas that jumped from rats to humans.
They thought that god was trying to kill them.
The Black flea
Samuel L. Jackson
Fleas from rats.
No one knew.
The Black Death is believed to be caused by the bacterium Yersinia Pertis. The Black Death in latin is Atra Mors; literally meaning "Terrible Death".carolyn maxwell
It was bad.
People say they did but they did not People say they did but they did not
people say it was the rat but really it was fleas who the rats then caught and then they spreaded the black death (plauge)
...It is not wrong. It does cause death. == Because AIDS caused disease, which caused death, so it is only indirectly responsible.
This is what they call a leading question. Most people would say Ring a ring of roses but the rhyme existed long after the black death 'died' out and just refers to people dying from sneezing, which isn't linked to the black death at all.
Certainly don't panic or freak out. Of course, it is quite impossible to get the Black Death in our days. People do say try to live your life while you still can, so don't think about death.
Black Death occurred in 1346 to 1353. People were not sure that it spread due to rats or feces of human and animal. Thus.
estevan died by natural cause or as superstisious people would say he died a black death
Kokushibyou
If you knew the statistics you could say 'hundreds or thousands of young people'. Also I believe the word death, should be plural: deaths.
about half..most historians say 2/3. that's about 60%.