A group of men are sent out to capture people in a town accused of using witchcraft

To avoid the reaches of the plague spreading over Europe

In the movie and real life poisoning of the wells was thought to be

The source of the plague

In the movie a woman is killed because she is thought to have poisoned the wells

The woman in the movie is thought to be a witch

They claim that the plague didn't come until she was at the well

In real life Jews were the ones who were blamed for poisoning the wells

In the movie you can see the dead laying out in the streets in the town

In real life the dead were lined on the streets as well

In the movie a young monk tags along as a guide

This ties into how the church believed the plague was the work of the devil

In real life people also believed that the plague was sent by satan

In the movie there is also talk that the plague was also a punishment from god

In real life some people also thought the plague was a punishment of god

In the movie you really notice people have a strong fear of evil as well as in real life

This movie takes place in England during the first bubonic plague

Two concepts portrayed by my media are change and influence

Do to the Black Death people's ideas of the church started to change

Due to the church not being able to cure the plague it

Influenced new beliefs and religions

People lost their faith in the church and turned away from god

Was historically accurate as much as they possibly could