The Black Death: The World's Most Devastating Plague
The Black Death in Scandinavia
S1 • E11 Oct 30, 2016 31m
The Black Death reached Scandinavian countries at different times, by different routes. Follow the plague's arrival by ship in Norway, then its movement into Sweden and Denmark, and observe how Scandinavian social customs worsened its toll. Learn also about a unique form of folklore and mythos that arose in Scandinavia in response to the plague.