HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Question
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sent as punishments by God.
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events that could not be prevented by prayer
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sent as punishments by the Church
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unimportant natural disasters
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Detailed explanation-1: -Storms, disease, and famine were believed to be punishments sent by God. People hoped prayer and religious devotion would prevent such disasters. They were even more concerned about the fate of their souls after death.
Detailed explanation-2: -Common diseases were dysentery, malaria, diphtheria, flu, typhoid, smallpox and leprosy.
Detailed explanation-3: -The plague was one of the biggest killers of the Middle Ages – it had a devastating effect on the population of Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries. Also known as the Black Death, the plague (caused by the bacterium called Yersinia pestis) was carried by fleas most often found on rats.
Detailed explanation-4: -Those suspected of heresy and other religious crimes received the severest punishment of all: being burned at the stake. This not only meant a gruesome death, but no less terrible was the fact that due to the total destruction of one’s body, one could no longer hope to undergo resurrection.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Great Famine of 1315–1317 (occasionally dated 1315–1322) was the first of a series of large-scale crises that struck Europe early in the 14th century.