The Black Death: The World's Most Devastating Plague
Later Plague Outbreaks: 1353-1666
S1 • E23 Oct 30, 2016 31m
Chart subsequent occurrences of plague across Europe following the Black Death of the 14th century, culminating with the Great Plague of London of 1665-66. Learn how people developed critical strategies to combat outbreaks, from administrative bodies created to deal with the plague to the phenomena of pesthouses for the sick, plague pits, and quarantines.