This week in class we covered the Black Death and I thought the question pertaining to the Jews being scapegoated for the Black Death was interesting. The Black Death was not seen as public issue but as a moral judgment from God showing his dissatisfaction with European society. People’s response to this idea manifested in several ways with some people repenting through self-flagellation and others blaming the Jews because they were ones who killed Christ, fun fact it was the Romans that actually executed him. Anti-Semitism was popular and the Jews could be blamed and due their marginalized position in society they could not fight back. It was a way for Christians to absolve themselves of their responsibility for the plague.
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