yes, some people blamed him too. Thaeters did not have reputation back than.
It closed the theaters down because people had come to realize that close contact helped spread the disease.
Jews were banned, as they were blamed for the Plague.
The Jews (who were blamed for the plague).
They blamed almost anyone who was different in any way. They blamed the Jews, they blamed foreign traders, they even blamed foul smelling AIR for the disease! Many laid the blame on the sins of the people, believing that the plague was a punishment sent by God for their sins.
Cats were blamed because they thought they had something to do with witchcraft. It increased the spread of the plague because the cats ate the rats which helped stopped the plague.
Plague. Pneumonic plague, to be precise.
During the Great Plague of the 14th century, Jews were blamed by some Europeans for causing the disease through poisoning wells, leading to violence and persecution against Jewish communities. This baseless accusation resulted in many Jews being forced to flee their homes or face violence.
Yep
Im not really sure if they are Christians, but the Jews got blamed fir it since at that time, the Jews got blamed for everything.<3
Plague closed the theaters. it is a disease.
The plague
There was an epidemic of bubonic plague in 1564, the year Shakesepeare was born. Other epidemics also hit from time to time, influenza being common.