Episode 122: The Hundred Years War
We back the narrative up a little bit this time to catch up with England and France before continuing with the Black Death. In this episode, Edward III becomes King of England in his own right and the...
13 Mar 202053min
Episode 121: The Perils of the Papacy
We continue tracking the Black Death as it moves from Italy to France in this episode. First we follow the plague to Marseilles and see our first anti-semitic response to the mounting death toll. Then...
28 Feb 202032min
Episode 120: The Final Word
In this episode, we continue our Black Death narrative. Last time we considered the impact of the plague on medieval Genoa and Venice. This time we turn to Florence, Siena, and Rome. From Florence we...
14 Feb 202030min
Episode 119: Dealing In Death
In this episode, we follow the Black Death as it moves from Sicily to Italy - striking the Italian cities of Genoa and Venice.
31 Jan 202017min
Episode 118: First Blood
We resume our narrative proper and take up the story of the Black Death in this episode. Now, the Black Death finally arrives in Europe in 1347 via, according to some truth and a lot of legend, the Ge...
17 Jan 202024min
Episode 117: The Conditions of a Pandemic
In this final introductory episode to the Black Death, we consider the ecological factors that made Europe especially susceptible to plague in the Fourteenth Century.
3 Jan 202025min
Episode 116: The Science of Death
In this episode, we begin our Black Death narrative arc with a look at the plague itself. We will cover what causes the plague and what made the Black Death so destructive in Medieval Europe.
20 Des 201934min
Supplemental: Europe on the Eve of the Black Death
In this supplemental episode, we take a whirlwind tour of Europe at roughly the year 1350, when the plague will begin to hit Europe. We cover quickly which kingdoms were where and who was rising or de...
6 Des 201922min
