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vinny9698

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7. Their is a belief that the killing of cats and snakes during the Middle Ages led to the spread

Reply to Little Tich (Original post)

Wed Jan 27, 2016, 10:22 AM

Jan 2016

of the black death.
The plague was spread by rodents and their fleas. Flea bites was how one was infected. The people taught that cats and snakes were products of the devil, they were hunted down. Christians then had eliminated the number one predators of rats, the cats and snakes. Similar to climate deniers today.

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Their is a belief that the killing of cats and snakes during the Middle Ages led to the spread vinny9698 Jan 2016 #7