Medieval Europeans were not passive when disease or natural disaster threatened.
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Medieval Europeans were not passive when disease or natural disaster threatened. They used available practical measures, then turned to divine protection where human knowledge ended.
Public processions made survival a communal appeal. Patron saints offered threatened cities a powerful advocate within a world where nature remained subject to God.
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