Many lives were lost during the outbreak of the Bubonic Plague, or the Black Death, in the fourteenth century. During this time, religion had a large influence in human society. Many people in certain religions reacted differently to the plague. A perfect example of this would be the Christians and the Islams. According to the 2010 DBQ Document of World History, one can conclude that the responses of the Christian and Islam were not similar because each religion had different beliefs, believed that the disease came from different origins, sought different practices of preventing the disease, and because the living of each religion responded differently to the plague. Firstly, even though they both basically worshipped the same god, Christianity …show more content…
Though the plague had caused chaos, panic, and grief throughout the eastern part of the world, the Islam looked at the plague differently. According to the DBQ project, Document E(the second excerpt) the Islamic belief stated that the Muslims should accept the plague or any other diseases as if it was a blessing from God. There was no recorded information of the Muslims showing any kind of compassion and bravery towards their sick ones. The Muslims believed it was good despite the fact that many of their people died from this plague. Meanwhile, the Christians were caring for their sick and infected ones. In Document H, the people working at the Hotel Dieu showed lots of compassion to the sick ones. “A great number of the saintly sisters of the Hotel Die who, not fearing to die, nursed the sick in all sweetness and humility, with no thought of honor, a number too often renewed by death, rest in peace with Christ, as we may piously believe” (DBQ: The Black Death, 2010). Despite this difference in their actions towards the sick, one can agree that the Christians and Muslims did panic and had to bury their loved ones. In conclusion, the responses between the Christians and Muslims towards the Bubonic plague differentiates. They differentiate because each religion had different beliefs, believed that the disease came from different origins, sought different practices of preventing the disease, and because the living of each religion responded differently to the plague. One can argue otherwise but overall, they are