Causes Of The Plague In The Middle Ages

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The plague was a nasty thing. Let’s take a look at it from what the Middle Ages people thought of it. In the fourteenth century the plague lasted from 1347 through 1352, five years. It went through Europe and the Middle East which caused ⅓ - ½ of the total population died.People of the Middle Ages had thoughts and ideas about what caused the plague was and where it came from. The University of Paris Medical Report was written by the University of Paris Medical Faculty. According to the University of Paris Medical Faculty the cause of the plague was caused by the sun's corrupted rays and the constellations hitting the water and corrupting the water. The constellations combined with the rays of the sun and exerted their power immensely onto the ocean. …show more content…

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