Responses During The Black Plague

Christian and Muslim responses to the Black Death. Indeed the Christian and Muslims specifically believed it was a punishment from God. For instance the muslims on the other hand thought if it was from God it has to be good. The christian people believed that God was punishing them for sinning. The plague killed 25 - 45% of the populations it came in contact with. They both had some similarities in trying to prevent the Christians and Muslims from getting the Black Death.

Another aspect of life that was highly affected was society. During the plague and after the plague society’s values and faith began to change. When the Black Death began taking the lives of the clergy just as well as everyone else, society began to wonder if the clergy were as powerful and as united to God as they had once believed, because no matter their prayer the plague was still raging. The people lost faith in the clergy and by the end of the plague the Church had lost its authority, not only for the reason

The Black Death was the worst epidemic in the history of the world to date. The plague killed off more than a third of the total European population during the mid-1300’s. Several people believed that the plague was punishment from God for the sins of man, while others believed it was brought about by natural causes, and there were yet others who did not care where or why the plague came but only how they could better their own lives.

For the Muslims’ point of view Muhammad al-Manbiji stated that “… a Muslim should devoutly accept the divine act.” The way Muslims wanted to cure the disease was to simply accept the fact that it was there. They didn’t want to tamper with God but instead move on and continue their life. After a while of the plague not disappearing, a lot of people of different religions were starting to get desperate. Ibn Battuta wrote “The entire population of the city (of Damascus) joined… (all) of them in tears… imploring the favor of God through His Books and His Prophets.” (doc. 9) Finally, after not a lot was happening to keep the Black Death away, Muslims, Christians and Jews alike were getting together in order to find a way to cure themselves from the plague. Although they ended up getting together in order to see what would work, Muslims’ responses were still as a whole more peaceful and calm than that of the Christians.

Religion has always been a major theme in history, and even now does not fail to play an important role. The desire to gain more believers and convert people makes up the base of the reason for the differences in Muslim and Christian responses the Black Plague. As Gabriele de Mussis, a Christian chronicler during the Black Death, states, “I am overwhelmed, I can’t go on!...The hand of the Almighty strikes repeatedly to greater and greater effect.” On the contrary, Muhammad al Manbiji, an Islamic scholar, said that “…the plague is a blessing from God; at the least, a Muslim should devoutly accept the divine act.” (doc. 4) These two viewpoints of the plague are complete opposites; Christians are overwhelmed that their population is dying out while Muslims are accepting it as a blessing that their rival religion is suffering. These documents were combined to emphasize the contrast between

The plague was a catastrophic time in history, and happened more than once. It took millions and millions of people’s lives. It destroyed cities and countries, and many people suffered from it.

As a result of the Black Death, Christians and Muslims were the major religions to respond to this event. One would still say, people do not know much about the Bubonic plague. To repeat, Christians were the ones to take this event to the next level, when they started burning the Jews. Muslims just thought of it has a blessing. Muslims was the ones to bring all ethnic groups together in worship and prayer after the plague. Readers would think of it has help to one another or more like allies. For this it proves that religions respond to things different than

The Black Death was a plague carried by fleas on rats and it was very deadly. It started in the mid-14th century. The Black Death did not discriminate, anyone could get it. Religion was at its all time high during the time the Plague arrived in Europe. Two major religions that got the Black Death were Christians and Muslims. Muslims got the Plague in 1333 and Christians got the Plague in 1348 but their responses to the Black Death were greatly different but sometimes they were the same.

Beginning in the mid-fourteenth century, a plague swept the world like no other. It struck in a series of waves that continued into the eighteenth century. The first wave was estimated to have killed twenty-five million people, about a third of the Western Europe population at that time. Throughout the different outbreaks, the plague, also known as the Bubonic Plague or the Black Death, caused people to react in several ways. Some people believed the plague was a medical problem that can be treated, some found themselves concerned only with their own greed, still others believed there was nothing they could do and reacted in fear, and most people believed it was a form of divine

The Black death was a disease that ravaged through most of Eurasia and killed over a quarter of the world’s population during the Post-Classical Era. The death of those infected was received differently and impacted by the different religions resent and the region where the plague took effect. While most groups felt it was an act of God, the purpose behind the act differed among the regions. Christians in the West felt that God was punishing those who had sinned and not received penance while Muslims in North Africa and Syria felt it was an opportunity to ask for God to bring a better life to those who perished. Although, not all Muslims held that belief as Muslims who lived in the Arabian Peninsula felt that the victims were martyrs of the faith, contrasting most other

The Black Death was a standout amongst the most pulverizing pandemics in mankind's history, bringing about the passings of an expected 75 to 200 million individuals. The Black Death itself brought on more than 30 percent of the populace in Europe and the Middle East. (Doc. 2). This infectious pestilence brought about its casualties to die in three days (Doc. 3). The indications of the malady included swelling under the armpits and the spitting of blood. Yet, the reactions of Christians and Muslims were distinctive, despite the fact that the same disease hit them. This essay will demonstrate how Muslims and Christians reacted differently on their thoughts and actions due to the epidemic that ended many lives.

Christianity and Islam each had their own beliefs about the Black Death. The Muslims thought the plague was a blessing sent from God, Allah. In Document Four, Section two, it stated “Prayer for lifting the epidemic is abhorrent because plague is a blessing from God; at the least, a Muslim should devoutly accept the divine act.” However, Christians thought it was a punishment from God. In Document four, section one, it said “What shall we do? Kind Jesus, receive the souls of the dead, avert your gaze from our sins and blot out all our iniquities. We know that whatever we suffer is the just reward of our sins. “Even though each religion had different beliefs, the plague killed many and impacted countless lives.

The Black Death was a plague that spread from China through the Middle-East to Europe during the mid-14th century. The plague traveled from China through trade routes in the Middle-East, North Africa, and Europe. Christians and Muslims had different responses to the Black Death. In my opinion, Christian and Muslims responded differently because of their views on God, and I will support this in my essay.

The Europeans’ response to the Black Death were extremely varied in many aspects: social, economic, religious, artistic and medical. Two moments need to be analyzed when talking about the people’s response to something, the during and the after. At the very beginning of this chaos, when the plague was just starting to hit Europe, the response was very “medieval”. However, after some time suffering from this horrendous disease, and after it slowed down, Europeans started to view things differently, responding with characteristics of a “Renaissance” outlook. This episode in history served as a rebirth of culture and society.

The first reaction to the Black Death was to blame Jewish people. Jean de Venette, a monk stated “As a result of this theory of infected water and air as the source of the plague the Jews were suddenly and violently charged with infecting wells and water and corrupting the air” (Document 1). The reason behind this reaction is that many Christians look to blame anything on Jews. Back then, God and religion were usually what