Alright, batten down the hatches, I’m not going to lie, this one is going to be grim. This story is about the greatest natural disaster ever known to strike humanity. It’s not pleasant, so feel free to stop reading and close this right away. That said, this is an essential part of the story of human progress and thus it cannot be left untold. For all the untold misery it did unfold, it’s also a story of how things get better after the worst.

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Further Reading & Reference

* Belich, James. (2022). The World the Plague Made: The Black Death and the Rise of Europe. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691215662.

* Bailey, Mark. (2021). After the Black Death: Economy, Society, and the Law in Fourteenth-Century England. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198857884.

* Benedictow, Ole Jørgen. (2004). The Black Death, 1346-1353: The Complete History. Boydell Press. ISBN 9781843830191.

* Kelly, John. (2005). The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time. HarperCollins. ISBN 9780060006938.

* Hatcher, John. (2008). The Black Death: A Personal History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 9780306815713.

* Lagerås, Per. (2016). Environment, Society and the Black Death. Oxbow Books. ISBN 9781785700545.

* Herlihy, David. (1997). The Black Death and the Transformation of the West. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674076136.

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