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The Black Death


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Today we talk about the many waves of the Black Death and all of the crazy ideas about it that came from these medieval people.Sources“Bubonic Plague: The First Pandemic | Science Museum.” The Science Museum. Accessed 2026. https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/bubonic-plague-first-pandemic.“The Great Plague 1665 - The Black Death.” Historic UK. Accessed 2026. https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Great-Plague/.“Historical Plague Doctors — Newcastle Castle.” Newcastle Castle. Accessed 2026. https://www.newcastlecastle.co.uk/castle-blog/historical-plague-doctors.“Introduction - San Francisco Plague (1900-1904): Topics in Chronicling America - Research Guides at Library of Congress.” Library of Congress. Accessed 2026. https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-san-francisco-plague.“When Pope Gregory IX Declared a War on Cats - Historycolored.” History Colored. Accessed 2026. https://historycolored.com/articles/7385/when-pope-gregory-ix-declared-a-war-on-cats/.Ziegler, Philip. The Black Death. New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2009.

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Fast PastBy Megan Tobias, Trevor Tobias, and Jason