
The Black Death: New Lessons from Recent Research
Human-to-Human Plague Transmission
Documentary · Jan 19, 2023 · 17 min The Great Courses Signature Collection
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S1, E3: Medieval peoples suffered from the unpredictability of the pandemic as it exploded in some seasons and locations, died down, and then showed up again years later. Explore what we have recently learned about transmission of the four types of plague—bubonic, pneumonic, septicemic, and digestive—and how that affected the timing and intensity of outbreaks.
Documentary · Jan 19, 2023 · 17 min