Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in The Medical Renaissance in England.
The religious belief that a natural disaster or widespread disease is a direct punishment sent by God for human sins.
Divine retribution appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for Medicine in Britain and the Western Front, especially The Medical Renaissance in England and Case Studies: William Harvey and the Great Plague.
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