1. The Economic Disaster of the Black Plague
... their families from the town but the disease kept spreading. While others fled the cities in panic, leaving their families and children out of fear of spreading or catching the disease. People believed that the Black Death was a punishment sent from God and they began to question the church ... carriers of the disease. In addition, the Jewish population had a set of laws that they followed that may have helped stop of the spread disease. For instance, Jewish law compels one to wash their hands many times a day, one could not eat food without washing first their hands and bath on ... the ...
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