Sunday, October 26, 2008
The Lonely Blackness
The Black Death must have completely changed the face of Europe. One in three died. How lonely it would be to be one of the few left behind, being terrified to bury your loved ones. How could people recover from such a disaster? There must have been an overwhelming helplessness that haunted the survivors. They didn't know why the disease was spreading or how to prevent it. Being a survivor must have been devastating and painful. Especially if you ran away from a dying family member. How could you live with yourself?
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And remember that it came back again, twenty years later. And then again, a generation later. The second one was especially hard on children. It was the cumulative that was so wrenching to the cultural psyche.
being a survivor of any tragedy is a difficult proposition and in the second round of the illness often the survivors where the parents since that had lived through the illness previously. It must have been horrible to loose all of your children to an illness that probably took your parents too. The effects of this i think played heavily on the changes to culture and organization. I think it also played a big part in the issues of the church as well. I can only imagine the loss of faith that took place as families watched loved ones die in such large quantities.
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