Black Death Reaction

The Black Death provoked vastly different reactions in both Christians and Muslims. Despite the differences in the reactions between the two religions, there were some fairly similar reactions as well. Some of the similar reactions may include; people going to the church, and priests, to help them and save them from the terrible plague that is spreading very quickly, and the reason the two religions believe that it is happening. Christian morality rate caused by the plague was thirty-one percent, with a population decrease of almost 24,000,000. Most people received the plague, and if someone did not receive the plague, they were considered very lucky and blessed. Most of the Christians around the time of the plague were found in Europe, were the plague hit the cities there hard …show more content…
Both religions believed that God had sent the plague for a specific reason, even though the reasons that were believed were not the same. Neither one of the religions knew the real reason for the start of the plague, but it was originally started and spread through trade routes throughout all of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Preventions that were used to stop the spread of the plague and not receive it were similar between the two religions. Christian and Muslims both believed that building fires, drinking Armenian clay, staying indoors and many other similar things related to their own religion would prevent them from receiving the horrific plague. Both religions also believe that it was caused by miasma that was carried by wind, but still blame other things for the start and spread that were believed by their religion and people, as well. In some places that were infected with the plague, the people of different religions came together to explore the favor of God, His Books, and His Prophets with their own book of laws and through their own