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The Black Death was a plague that hit Europe between the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Europe underwent a dramatic change that involved all socially, economic, and agriculturally as well. The results of this disaster were both good and bad. Many people and groups had different views, remedies, and ideas of causes for this plague. The views of the people reflected their society, beliefs, religion and technology. The Black Death was another name for the …

…causes declines in certain populations of people. From the following document we were able to see how people reacted to the disaster in the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries. Some by avoiding others some relied on superstition, and others on faith. The people's response to the Black Death showed what kind of society they lived in. I believe this catastrophe encouraged people to technologically advance, driving them to find out how to stop the next plague.