Responses to the Black Death

Question 1

What did physicians blame the black death on?

Answer 1

Physicians blamed the black death on an evil, polluted fog.

Question 2

How did peasants respond to the black death?

Answer 2

If they survived the black death, they believed God protected them and took this opportunity to improve their lifestyle.

Question 3

How did some people ‘quarantine’?

Answer 3

Many people just avoided those with symptoms and built houses for the sick where they could die. Others fled to the countryside.
And some boarded up entire houses as soon as someone inside fell ill.