Key term for AQA GCSE History, used in Britain: Health and the People (c1000–Present).
The belief that illness was sent directly by God as a penalty for committing sins or as a test of religious faith.
Divine punishment appears in AQA GCSE History revision content for Thematic Studies, especially Britain: Health and the People (c1000–Present) and Medical Progress.
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