Black Plague: The Four Years That Ended the Middle Ages
🏰 The Most Pivotal Pandemic in History
In October 1347, twelve plague ships limped into Sicily carrying death itself. What followed wasn't just Europe's deadliest pandemic—it was the complete transformation of medieval civilization in just four years. The Black Plague killed one-third of Europe's population and ended the Middle Ages forever.
⚔️ Discover How Four Years Changed Everything:
- The Plague Ships Arrival - How Genoese traders brought death from Asia to medieval Europe
- Medieval Medicine's Failure - Why castle walls and royal physicians proved utterly helpless
- The Church's Crisis - How 40% of English priests died, shattering medieval Christianity
- Economic Revolution - Why surviving peasants suddenly gained unprecedented wealth and power
- Feudalism's Collapse - How labor shortages ended serfdom and transformed European society
- Renaissance Origins - Why this catastrophe gave birth to the modern world
Through the eyes of chroniclers, physicians, nobles, and peasants, witness history's great dividing line. Medieval Europe entered 1347 confident in its traditions. Four years later, it had become the foundation of our modern civilization.
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Episode Duration: 27:15 minutes
Host: Monte Schumacher - Medieval historian & castle restoration expert
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