ShortHand: The Black Death
RedHanded · Sep 15, 2026 · 29:14
RedHanded · Sep 15, 2026 · 29:14
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In just seven years, the bubonic plague killed half of all Europeans – more than 50 million people. We look at its surprising origins on the Mongolian battlefield (where diseased bodies were literally catapulted at the enemy); its unstoppable spread through a terrified Europe; and how it turned cultural, religious and social life in the 14th century completely upside down.
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