Bubonic Plague – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Fri, 04 Sep 2026 03:04:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Bubonic Plague – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 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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]]> How Bubonic Plague Reshaped the Streets of Mumbai in the 19th Century https://brewminate.com/how-bubonic-plague-reshaped-the-streets-of-mumbai-in-the-19th-century/ Thu, 18 Mar 2021 17:33:52 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=149057 In fact, you can’t really understand Mumbai without understanding the bubonic plague. Introduction On a leafy uphill road

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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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]]> The Diary of Samuel Pepys during the Bubonic Plague in the 17th Century https://brewminate.com/the-diary-of-samuel-pepys-during-the-bubonic-plague-in-the-17th-century/ Tue, 28 Apr 2020 20:00:04 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=123590 He wrote of everything from daily death counts to quack remedies. Introduction In early April, writer Jen Miller

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]]> How the Wealthy Reacted to the Medieval Bubonic Plague https://brewminate.com/how-the-wealthy-reacted-to-the-medieval-bubonic-plague/ Mon, 20 Apr 2020 20:26:15 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=122962 The wealthy fled to the countryside, while the urban poor were forced to work on the front lines.

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]]> The Medieval Spread of the Bubonic Plague https://brewminate.com/the-medieval-spread-of-the-bubonic-plague/ Fri, 03 Apr 2020 18:43:22 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=121425 The plague, named the Black Death by later historians, had a devastating effect on the European population in

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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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]]> Plagues of the Past https://brewminate.com/plagues-of-the-past/ Tue, 01 Jan 2019 18:30:53 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=81754 Many diseases have affected the outcomes of battles or the political leanings of a country, but few have

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