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The Black Death
The Black Death ravages the populations of three continents during the 1340s.
In October 1347, a ghostly fleet of trading ships docks at a port in Sicily. The crew members 鈥� dead already, or well on their way 鈥� bear bubonic plague. The 鈥楪reat Pestilence鈥� will ravage the populations of three continents over the next decade. What changes to society will result from this, the most devastating pandemic in history? How will people make sense of the terrible scenes before them? Are their methods of dealing with disease really as misguided as they seem?
This is a Short History Of... the Black Death.
A Noiser Production. Written by Dan Smith. With thanks to Dr. Eleanor Janega, teacher of medieval history at the London School of Economics.
