Black Death – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Tue, 09 Dec 2025 02:59:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Black Death – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 ‘This Worlde Is but a Pilgrimage’: Medieval Attitudes about the ‘Dance of Death’ https://brewminate.com/this-worlde-is-but-a-pilgrimage-medieval-attitudes-about-the-dance-of-death/ Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:08:05 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=245885 Medieval society is popularly believed to have been obsessed with death. By Dr. Sophie OosterwijkArt Historian, Freelance Lecturer,

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]]> Solving the Centuries-Old Mystery of the Origins of the ‘Black Death’ https://brewminate.com/solving-the-centuries-old-mystery-of-the-origins-of-the-black-death/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 15:32:08 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=240460 It is one of the biggest mysteries in human history. By Dr. Philip SlavinAssociate Professor of HistoryUniversity of

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]]> A History of the Plague https://brewminate.com/a-history-of-the-plague/ Thu, 16 Sep 2021 17:40:15 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=161557 Bubonic plague killed more than 25 million people, or at least one third, of Europe’s population during the

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]]> “Days of Death without Sorrow”: The Black Death in Medieval Southern England https://brewminate.com/days-of-death-without-sorrow-the-black-death-in-medieval-southern-england/ Fri, 10 Sep 2021 17:10:36 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=161320 It is impossible to say exactly when in 1348 the plague burst the bubble of English exuberance, but

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]]> ‘The Blue Sickness’: Impacts and Consequences of the Medieval ‘Black Death’ https://brewminate.com/the-blue-sickness-impacts-and-consequences-of-the-medieval-black-death/ Sun, 06 Sep 2020 17:03:36 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=134972 Medieval people called it “the blue sickness”, “La pest” (the pestilence), and “the Great Mortality”. NOTE: Hover mouse

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]]> Effects of the Black Death on Europe https://brewminate.com/effects-of-the-black-death-on-europe/ Mon, 27 Apr 2020 19:29:21 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=122952 The Plague ushered in a new understanding which found expression in movements such as the Protestant Reformation and

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]]> Religious Responses to the Black Death https://brewminate.com/religious-responses-to-the-black-death/ Sun, 19 Apr 2020 18:44:59 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=122847 People reacted with hopeful cures and responses based on religious belief. Introduction The Black Death of 1347-1352 CE

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]]> The Black Death and Early Public Health Measures in the Middle Ages https://brewminate.com/the-black-death-and-early-public-health-measures-in-the-middle-ages/ Fri, 03 Apr 2020 18:43:13 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=121432 With no accurate knowledge about the disease and the way it was spread, what could be done in

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]]> The Black Death’s Economic Impact and Contribution to the Renaissance https://brewminate.com/the-black-deaths-economic-impact-and-contribution-to-the-renaissance/ Fri, 05 Jul 2019 20:17:36 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=98504 The Black Death struck in 1348, 1362, 1368, 1381, and continued even into the 18th century. 1348 The

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]]> The Economic Impact of the Black Death https://brewminate.com/the-economic-impact-of-the-black-death/ Fri, 07 Sep 2018 17:52:30 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=69648 The Black Death was the largest demographic disaster in European history. By Dr. David Routt / 07.20.2008 University

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