Read a report of the Paris Medical Faculty from 1348 about the plague. We can say that the main cause of this pestilence was and is the configuration of the heavens. In 1345, at 1:00 in the afternoon of March 20th, there was a major conjunction of three planets in the constellation of Aquarius. This conjunction, along with others like it and the eclipse caused a deadly corruption of the air around us.

What is the most likely reason this document would be important to a historian’s study of the Black Death?

It shows the importance of astronomy in medicine today.
It shows how medicine once differed in Paris and London.
It shows how the plague’s cause was interpreted in the past.
It shows the desperation to find a cause of the Black Death.

Igor stravinksy’s ballet, the rite of spring, featured clashing music, harsh sounds and deliberately ugly dancing. upon its premier, theater goers literally rioted in the seats of the venue. historians argue this moment is a “breaking point” where europe proves it is destined to be plunged into world war i. why would historians make such a claim? a people were genuinely angry that someone so bad at composing could make a ballet b the ballet represents colonialism. it showed the consequences of centuries of exploitation of non-european people. c the ballet represents the changing ideologies of modernity. the youth of europe breaking all the old rules and the old guard clinging on to the last bits of power d the ballet represents war itself. it drudged up old rivalries between the french and german peoples, inciting the lust for combat.