Hannah Maguire
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19,826 appearances
84 recordings
3 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 4d ago
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But we can probably safely say this particular strain that caused the Black Death came from East.
Because even before those twelve death ships pulled into port at Messina, Europe had been awash with rumours about a great pestilence that was cutting through China, India, Persia, Syria, and Egypt.
Now of course this wasn't the only entry point for the deadly plague into Europe.
Trade routes with the East in general are thought to have been the culprit.
Rats and their fleas hopped on board trading ships carrying grains, spices, and textiles.
At the time Italy was the centre of trade with the East, and it is very much ground zero for the outbreak of the plague in Europe.
Once the Black Death was in Italy, it took hold and it spread rapidly.
In three months, twenty per cent of the population of Italy was dead.
eighty percent of those infected died, usually within a week.
Though if the person had caught the plague by breathing in infected water droplets from the coughing of an infected person, rather than being bitten by a flea.
Usually they'd be dead within a few days.
This type of infection is known as pneumonic plague.
It infected the lungs, leading to severe breathing difficulties.
And before long
The person will be hacking up blood.
They recommended that people used herbs and spices like nutmeg, ginger, coriander, stuff like that to block the miasma.
Fires of wormwood raged across towns and cities as people believed that the smoke
Would purify the air.
And everyone walked around with sponges soaked in vinegar, clamped firmly under their noses.
Like it really is just like a hellscape.
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