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(100 points) why did Europeans believe in superstitions_ 50 words

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The pre-Enlightenment world was simultaneously both fascinating and frightening. People often had no choice but to rely on their imaginations to make sense of the myriad phenomena around them. The result was a world where everything seemed magical; a place teeming with angels, demons, fairies, and witches. Only through uncanny and sometimes ‘ridiculous’ superstitions did many people of the Dark Ages (or Middle Ages or Medieval Period) in Europe try to make sense of their world.

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