#94 The Black Death

📖 Episode Transcripts in Link Below ⬇️ Today, we’ll dive into the trial of Adolf Eichmann, one of the key architects of the Holocaust, and how his capture and prosecution became a turning point in the world’s confrontation with Nazi crimes. https://patreon.com/HistoryinSlowGerma ... Show More

📖 Episode Transcripts in Link Below ⬇️ Today, we’ll dive into the birth of the university system, a cornerstone of modern education that began in medieval Europe. https://patreon.com/HistoryinSlowGerman?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_crea ... Show More

📖 Episode Transcripts in Link Below ⬇️ Today, we’ll dive into the history of the Spanish Inquisition, one of the most infamous institutions of medieval Europe. https://patreon.com/HistoryinSlowGerman?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator ... Show More

Earlier this week, new comedy drama The Decameron dropped on Netflix. Based on a set of 14th-century tales by Giovanni Boccaccio, it follows the raucous exploits of a group of medieval Italian nobles, after they flee to the hills to escape the Black Death. Boccaccio's text is one ... Show More

It was beyond Biblical in its horror. Around half of all Europeans are estimated to have died in the Black Death. Death ravaged towns and villages, castles and hovels. What did it feel like to live through this darkest of histories? Bestselling author Helen Carr guides Anthony De ... Show More

The influenza pandemic of 1918-20 infected about one-third of the world’s population at the time, killing at least 50 million people. Occurring during the First World War, what became known as the Spanish Flu spread rapidly as soldiers moved across continents. It overwhelmed hosp ... Show More

What would you do if your home town was ravaged by plague? Would you lock your doors and hide? Run for the hills? Or accept that the end was nigh and party? Boccaccio's The Decameron - a medieval bestseller written during the Black Death - considers all these options. With the la ... Show More

In AD 165, the Roman empire was enjoying a period of seemingly unprecedented prosperity and stability. Then, the Antonine Plague arrived, bringing with it death, chaos, and fear. Speaking with James Osborne, Colin Elliott, author of Pox Romana, dissects the impact of this devasta ... Show More

(Part 2/2) They could've run, but they stayed. In 1665 plague arrived in the idyllic English village of Eyam. What followed was a story of suffering and self-sacrifice. Maddy tells Anthony the story. Today's episode takes you to the heart of the plague village and its deadly lock ... Show More

In this episode, we examine the connection between poetry and plague in the early 1590s. An outbreak of the recurring sickness contributed to Shakespeare’s early career as a poet, and that poetry likely included his many sonnets. We also examine how an old acquaintance from Shake ... Show More

En 1901, la ville de Paris a organisé un concours de dératisation pour lutter contre la prolifération des rats. Ce concours, qui peut sembler insolite aujourd'hui, reflétait la lutte constante de la capitale contre les rongeurs à une époque où les rats représentaient un véritable ... Show More

In the 160s CE, Rome was struck by a devastating disease which, a new book argues, may have been the world’s first pandemic. Galen began his career treating ’the protracted plague’ with viper flesh, opium and urine, but despite his extensive documentation, we still don’t know wha ... Show More

Peste, Choléra, Grippe, Covid... Cez, Aglaé et Antoine reviennent sur les épidémies qui ont bouleversé l'Histoire ! Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.