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The Black Death: The World's Most Devastating Plague

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Taught by a celebrated medievalist, go on an unforgettable excursion into the time period of the plague, its full human repercussions, and its transformative effects on European civilization.

Syllabus

  • 01: Europe on the Brink of the Black Death
  • 02: The Epidemiology of Plague
  • 03: Did Plague Really Cause the Black Death?
  • 04: The Black Death’s Ports of Entry
  • 05: The First Wave Sweeps across Europe
  • 06: The Black Death in Florence
  • 07: The Black Death in France
  • 08: The Black Death in Avignon
  • 09: The Black Death in England
  • 10: The Black Death in Walsham
  • 11: The Black Death in Scandinavia
  • 12: The End of the First Wave
  • 13: Medieval Theories about the Black Death
  • 14: Cultural Reactions from Flagellation to Hedonism
  • 15: Jewish Persecution during the Black Death
  • 16: Plague’s Effects on the Medieval Church
  • 17: Plague Saints and Popular Religion
  • 18: Artistic Responses to the Black Death
  • 19: Literary Responses to the Black Death
  • 20: The Economics of the Black Death
  • 21: The Black Death’s Political Outcomes
  • 22: Communities That Survived the First Wave
  • 23: Later Plague Outbreaks: 1353-1666
  • 24: How the Black Death Transformed the World
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Dorsey Armstrong

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