Black Death
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Half-Hour History: Secrets of the Medieval World
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The Black Death was a medical catastrophe, with the majority of deaths occurring in children under 16. It took 300 years for the population to recover. But the plague also impacted social, economic, political, and religious aspects of life. Chris explains how the Black Death struck an already weakened society and the extreme measures some took to try to end it.
Half-Hour History: Secrets of the Medieval World is a co-production of iHeart Podcasts and School of Humans. It is a Curiosity Podcast.
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Black Death
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