Protection from the Black Death
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- Created on: 20-03-18 21:59
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- How Medieval people tried to protect themselves from the Black Death
- Flagellants
- Whipped themselves, hoping for God's forgiveness
- Church
- Encouraged people to confess their sins and ask for their forgiveness
- Running Away
- Rich people in towns often moved to the countryside hoping to find pure air
- Pure Air
- Burned rosemary to purify the air in their houses
- Shutting Away
- People sometimes shut themselves away in their own homes
- Avoidence
- Some householders forces lodgers out on to the street if they showed any sign of the disease
- Flagellants
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