So, smallpox had a major impact in Western Europe.

因此天花对西欧有着重大影响
But its impact is not a simple repetition of the story of plague.

而且其影响并不是瘟疫的简单重现
Although it was dreaded, smallpox did not give rise in Europe

尽管令人畏惧天花在欧洲并没有
to mass hysteria,

产生集体歇斯底里
scapegoating and a religious frenzy.

代罪狂潮宗教狂乱
And there are reasons for that we can surmise.

我们也可以推测出这其中的一些原因
Unlike plague,

不同于瘟疫
smallpox was not a sudden outside invader

天花并不是一个
that took society by surprise.

突然让社会陷入惊恐状态的外来入侵者
Nor did it maximize its fury

它也没有恶劣到
by targeting young adults and the middle-aged,

将年轻人或中年人这些
who were the mainstays of families and of the economy.

家庭经济收入的支柱作为袭击目标