WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -People believed, for example, that disease was spread by bad odors. It was also assumed that diseases of the body resulted from sins of the soul. Many people sought relief from their ills through meditation, prayer, pilgrimages, and other nonmedical methods.

Detailed explanation-2: -Their cures were a mixture of superstition (magic stones and charms were very popular), religion (for example driving out evil spirits from people who were mentally ill) and herbal remedies (some of which are still used today).

Detailed explanation-3: -The middle ages is characterized by wars, instability and fragmented power structures. The number of castles built in the middle ages isn’t known but it is certainly more then 10, 000 and possibly more than 100, 000. For example, there were around 25, 000 medieval castles constructed in Germany alone.

Detailed explanation-4: -Population decline, counterurbanisation, the collapse of centralized authority, invasions, and mass migrations of tribes, which had begun in late antiquity, continued into the Early Middle Ages.