Black Death – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:19:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 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 The Medieval Medical Response to the ‘Black Death’ https://brewminate.com/the-medieval-medical-response-to-the-black-death/ Tue, 05 Apr 2022 14:08:53 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=143180 The Black Death served to promote medical innovations that laid the foundations of modern medicine. By Joseph A.

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]]> The Cultural Influence of Pandemics since the Medieval World https://brewminate.com/the-cultural-influence-of-pandemics-since-the-medieval-world/ Tue, 09 Nov 2021 18:29:47 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=164157 Looking at the ways survivors of past pandemics tried to celebrate the triumph of life amid widespread death.

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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 Medieval Holocaust: Plague and Jewish Persecution in Germany, 1348-1349 https://brewminate.com/the-medieval-holocaust-plague-and-jewish-persecution-in-germany-1348-1349/ Wed, 10 Mar 2021 19:07:34 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=141718 The persecution and destruction of the Jews of Germany at the time of the Black Death. Introduction The

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]]> Competing Theories of the Medieval ‘Black Death’ https://brewminate.com/competing-theories-of-the-medieval-black-death/ Fri, 26 Feb 2021 19:45:12 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=147665 Several possible causes have been advanced for the Black Death. Introduction Theories of the Black Death are a

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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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]]> Petrarch’s Plague: Love, Death, and Friendship in a Time of Pandemic https://brewminate.com/petrarchs-plague-love-death-and-friendship-in-a-medieval-time-of-pandemic/ Mon, 22 Jun 2020 20:27:04 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=128829 How he chronicled, commemorated, and mourned his many loved ones who succumbed. This article, Petrarch’s Plague: Love, Death,

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]]> The Post-Plague English Peasant Revolt of 1381 https://brewminate.com/the-post-plague-english-peasant-revolt-of-1381/ Mon, 08 Jun 2020 20:23:04 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=127477 With the plague decimating the ranks of laborers, surviving workers rebelled against the crown’s higher taxes and restrictive

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]]> The Fate of Religious Minorities during the Medieval Black Death https://brewminate.com/the-fate-of-religious-minorities-during-the-medieval-black-death/ Tue, 26 May 2020 19:13:15 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=126484 The plague swept through Christian Europe and Islamdom at roughly the same time – between 1347 and 1351.

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