History Extra podcast Black Death: everything you wanted to know
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Jul 26, 2024 
Giovanni Boccaccio, a 14th-century Italian writer renowned for his tales during the Black Death, joins historian David Musgrove to delve into this catastrophic pandemic. They discuss the plague's deadly spread across Europe, its devastating impact, and the current understanding of its symptoms through recent DNA findings. The conversation also highlights misguided health beliefs and the myriad of religious and social repercussions at the time. They even touch on the potential resurgence of the disease in a modern context, emphasizing the role of antibiotics.
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Intro
00:00 • 3min
The Catastrophic Spread of the Black Death
03:07 • 7min
Unraveling the Black Death
10:22 • 4min
Ineffective Quarantines and Misguided Health Beliefs
14:30 • 4min
Religious and Social Repercussions of the Black Death
18:58 • 19min
The Potential Resurgence of Black Death: Risks and Treatments
37:36 • 2min