That the mortality was accepted as God's punishment may explain in part the vacuum of comment that followed the Black Death. An investigator has noticed that in the archives of Périgord references to the war are innumerable, to the plague few. Froissart mentions the great death but once, Chaucer gives it barely a glance. Divine anger so great that it contemplated the extermination of man did not bear close examination.
The aftermath of the Black Death saw a notable silence in historical commentary, which some attribute to the belief that the high mortality rate was a form of divine punishment. This mindset may have contributed to a reluctance to discuss the plague openly. For instance, despite the extensive documentation of wars in the archives of Périgord, references to the plague are sparse, suggesting a societal avoidance of the subject.
