The land was stricken with the plagueand she was warned to leave, but she remained. Not long after settling in she becomes infected and dies. Because of the upper class’s better hygiene, it was not as common for them to fall ill to the plague, but, just as Princess Joan’s death shows, it was possible. While royal families and other elites had the ability to isolate themselves away from the general public, peasants and clergy had a large mortality rate from being clustered in disease ridden areas. Cantor also speaks of the effect that the Plague has on Jews. Just like in other time periods throughout history, people blamed them for the horrors going on in society. They were segregated into isolated areas away from the disease and when they remained healthy they became even more