nergy into the idea of salvation and the pursuit of the afterlife, instead they were left to seek out pleasure in the present.
             The absence of the church in a plague left people with no other means but to depend on themselves for moral and physical support. They had seen the wrath of God effecting everyone even the greatest of all the Catholic religious classes. The plague had no boundaries, but effected all members of society. The people believed God's wrath was against the church. It led to the perception that if the highest of all religious bodies could not survive the plague what would be left for the rest of the population who were not even bestowed by the sanctity of the lord. The death of even the most moral characters of the church created the impression that God was against all humanity. As a result people broke away from the church and instead opted to enjoy life and live it in the extreme. The celebration of man was born.
             Where as before the people placed an emphasis on moral development as a gateway to the afterlife, th
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