1816's "year without a summer" is now attributed to the eruption of Mt Tambora exacerbating the issues of the "Little Ice Age". But what did people of the time attribute the lack of summer to?

by Ambitiousmould

Did different cultures attribute the disastrous climate to different things? What did scientists of the day think? Was there a lot of superstition surrounding the event?

Many thanks in advance.

Khwarezm

I asked this question before and got a good answer from u/dhmontgomery.