In the Middle Ages, people had different ideas about what caused illness?
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- Created on: 08-09-18 14:00
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- In the Middle Ages, people had different ideas about what caused illness...
- Astrology
- People in the Middle Ages thought that illness had something to do with the stars and planets.
- When the Black Death killed a lot of people they blamed it on a bad alignment of the planets.
- Religion
- People were very religious came up with lots of ideas based on God.
- Some thought that God gave illness as a punishment for sinful behaviour
- Others thought that Satan sent illness and disease to test their faith.
- People believed that God sent illness to purify your soul
- The theory of the Four Humours
- The Ancient Greeks made up this theory.
- The Theory: the universe is made of four basic elements so the body must be too.
- You were supposed to keep all the Humours equal. When the mix was unbalanced you became ill.
- Miasma
- Miasma means bad air which carried disease.
- Some people in the Middle Ages thought that swamps, corpses and other rotting matter could transmit disease.
- Smells and miasmata also was linked with God:
- Churches burnt incense to purify air
- A clean-smelling house meant a spiritual home.
- Homes that smelt bad suggested sinfulness and ccorruption
- Un-washed people and lepers was believed to carry miasma and you were supposed to avoid them or you would get ill.
- Astrology
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