Something Strange Happened During The Black Death

Watch the show on Spotify! 👉 https://open.spotify.com/show/7GlXSYMoOpcw41YGRCpjJB?si=cc2e479ee34d4167 The Black Death killed millions. But what happened to the people who survived was another kind of nightmare. As towns emptied and entire families disappeared, the systems holding medieval society together began to break. Fear turned neighbours against one another. Workers challenged their masters. And just as communities started to recover, the plague returned. In this video, we explore the Black Death’s most disturbing consequences, from mass persecution and the “plague of children” to a scientific debate over whether it left a mark on human DNA. The death toll was only the beginning... Join my Substack, where the ideas go further than YouTube lets me take them: https://michaelbutton.substack.com/ Follow the show on Spotify! 👉 https://open.spotify.com/show/7GlXSYMoOpcw41YGRCpjJB?si=cc2e479ee34d4167 Let me know what you think in the comments, and thank you for watching!! Follow me on X: https://x.com/MichaelButtonX Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelbuttonx/ Sources: Florence mortality estimate https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2630035/ University of Oxford: The Black Death and European expansion https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/black-death-and-european-expansion Marchionne di Coppo Stefani’s account of the plague https://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/plague/perspectives/marchionne.php Ralph of Shrewsbury and confession during the plague https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Ralph_of_Shrewsbury Cambridge: A Complete History of the Black Death, Italy https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/complete-history-of-the-black-death/italy/403ABC5713E2CE30F34F40961DB12E6B Hampshire Archives: The Winchester Pipe Rolls https://www.hants.gov.uk/librariesandarchives/archives/popular-records/pipe-rolls Farnham Castle: Farnham’s deadliest year https://www.farnham-castle.com/post/farnham-s-deadliest-year Farnham Castle: Bishops at the castle https://www.farnham-castle.com/bishops-at-the-castle The Black Death and social and economic change https://historiesandcastles.com/blogs/the-black-death/the-black-death-a-catalyst-of-social-and-economic-change-in-medieval-europe Strasbourg massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strasbourg_massacre Jewish Currents: The plague and the Jews of Strasbourg https://jewishcurrents.org/the-plague-and-the-jews-of-strasbourg Strasbourg’s Valentine’s Day massacre https://aish.com/horrific-valentines-day-massacre-of-jews/ School History: Strasbourg massacre https://schoolhistory.co.uk/medieval/strasbourg-massacre/ Flagellants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagellant Catholic Encyclopedia: Flagellants https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06089c.htm Black Death mortality and recurring outbreaks https://historiesandcastles.com/blogs/the-black-death/black-death-death-toll Guy de Chauliac https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/medicine/medicine-biographies/guy-de-chauliac Biographics: Return of the Black Death, the plague of children https://biographics.org/return-of-the-black-death-the-plague-of-children/ The National Archives: The Great Plague https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/great-plague/ Washington University: How the Black Death made life better https://humanities.washu.edu/news/how-black-death-made-life-better Medieval rulers and attempts to control wages https://www.thecollector.com/how-medieval-rulers-stopped-black-death/ History Guild: The Black Death and workers’ rights https://historyguild.org/worker-power-how-the-black-death-revolutionised-workers-rights/ Consequences of the Black Death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consequences_of_the_Black_Death Cleveland Clinic: Bubonic plague https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21590-bubonic-plague Science: A survival gene and its possible modern consequences https://www.science.org/content/article/gene-helped-people-survive-black-death-come-haunt Nature: Ancient DNA study examining immune genes and the Black Death https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05349-x Critique linked in the script’s genetics section https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10055098/ John Hawks: Another look at selection and the Black Death https://www.johnhawks.net/p/another-look-at-selection-and-the-black-death Technology Networks: Black Death selection and autoimmune disease https://www.technologynetworks.com/immunology/news/natural-selection-driven-by-the-black-death-implicated-in-modern-day-autoimmune-disease-366755