People in the 14th century understood the Black Death in many different ways. For example in document A it says that the Black Death was spread through the air and was pushed around by wind. While document in B it says that the Black Death is God's punishment. Also they understood how to cure and prevent it differently. In document A it says to stay in doors, don't drink water, and burn certain kinds of wood but in document B it says to only eat dry salty foods and to perfume your house with special flowers. Clearly people thought the plague was started and spread in completely different ways. Another way people thought the disease was spread was in our class notes were they found out that sick people give the disease to healthy people and
