Published On Jul 17, 2020
Escape the worries of our modern world by visiting the high middle ages and learning about something esoteric and irrelevant: Plague!
In this video, I attempt to actually teach you something about how the medieval world worked and how it responded to this existential threat, rather than dredging up 3rd grade plague facts for easy views. Oops, did I say that out loud?
SOURCES & Further Reading: "The Black Death: The World's Most Devastating Plague" via The Great Courses by Dorsey Armstrong, "From Plague Doctor to PPE" by Bernadette Banner ( • From Plague Doctor to PPE: A Brief Hi... ), "Biological Warfare at the Siege of Caffa" from the CDC (https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/9...)
This video was edited by Sophia Ricciardi AKA "Indigo". https://www.sophiakricci.com/
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