The Black Death: New Lessons from Recent Research

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Course Description

Overview

<p>Revisit the past to examine what the medieval experience of the Black Death can teach us about our own world and the science of disease.</p>

Syllabus

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01: Reassessing the Black Death
02: A Deeper Dive into Rat and Flea Behavior
03: Human-to-Human Plague Transmission
04: Plague, Grain, and the Mongols
05: The Big Bang of the Black Death
06: The Fate of the Plague’s Survivors
07: The Old World Falls Away

Taught by

Dorsey Armstrong

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