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A Source 1 Source 4 Source 8 “Thousands of Jews were burned in Strasbourg in 1349. It was believed that the Jews had caused the illness by poisoning drinking water” “The disease must be in the blood. The veins leading to the heart should be cut open. This will allow the disease to leave the body. An ointment made of clay and violets should be applied to the place where the cuts have been made. ” Source 5 Source 2 Source 9 “For the devil, by the power committed to him when the seas rise up high, is voiding his poison, sending it forth to be added to the poison in the air, and that air spreads gradually from place to place and enters man through the ears, eyes, nose, mouth, pores and other orifices” “We should not eat food that goes off easily and smells badly such as meat, cheese and fish. Instead we should eat bread, fruit and vegetables. The streets should be cleaned of all human and animal waste. It should be taken by a cart to a field outside of the village and burnt. All bodies should be buried in deep pits outside of the village and their clothes should also be burnt” Source 3 Source 6 “God, because of the sins of man, has struck the world with this great punishment of sudden death. ” Source 7 “Place a live hen next to the swelling to draw out the pestilence from the body. To aid recovery you should drink a glass of your own urine twice a day. Also you can cut a pigeon in half and rub it all over your body. Another way to heal the patient is to rub a chopped up snake over the boils”

A Source 10 Source 12 Source 15 Source 16 Source 13 Source 11 “Flagellants whipped themselves. They believed that the illness was sent by God as a punishment for human sins. They were punishing themselves for these sins” “a report written in London blamed the heavens, in the form of a conjunction of three planets in 1345 that caused a great pestilence in the air” Source 17 Source 14 “A decree of Edward III 1346 forbade lepers from entering the City of London because: “some of them tried to contaminate others with infection, through their polluted breath, to the great injury of the people living in the city. ”