The Black Death | 3. living through the plague
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The Pandemic and the Emotional Response to It
Terror generated by the plague often spilled over into lence as minority communities were blamed for what was happening. Historians have debated how much this anti semitic violence was triggered by the pandemic, or how much it was con ination of already long existing attitudes. The canon of constance offered a horrifying account of a succession of poggrams across germany and austria,. jews were targeted by communities who suspected they had poisoned wells and rivers leading to the contagion.
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