black death - plague

Analyze the various responses to the outbreaks of plague from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Discuss the beliefs and concerns that these responses express.

The Plague struck Europe in a series of waves beginning from the mid 1300s and ended in the eighteenth century. During that time, people didn’t know the filth they lived in and the unsanitized streets caused the spread of the plague. 25 million people died in the first wave of the plague, which is about one third of the population of Western Europe. During the time of the plague, there were many different responses from the people. Many showed concerns yet some were just ignorant and greedy during the time, taking advantage of the situation by spreading the plague to others for ridiculous reasons.
The concerns about the plague from the 1400s to the 1800s were all almost identical. Students in the Netherlands stayed away from school because of the plague, which killed 20 students according to the schoolma...