The Black Death: The World's Most Devastating Plague
How the Black Death Transformed the World
S1 • E24 Oct 30, 2016 31m
In conclusion, reflect on how the economic, social, and political worlds of Europe reinvented themselves to accommodate the deep changes brought about by the plague. Finally, through examples ranging from medieval smallpox to the recent occurrence of Ebola, consider how diseases and pandemics have shaped human societies and individual behavior throughout history and continue to do so today.