#TheBlackDeath by #ThomasAsbridge #BookReview – a medieval horror story
A magisterial #history of one of the worst ever pandemics focuses on the individuals caught up in the chaos
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...
#bookchallenge #alphabetchallenge Y is for The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson #AltHistory #TheBlackDeath #plague #14thcentury #Worldbuilding #ReligiousHistory #colonialism #IndigenousPower #technology #booksky #ttrpgpodcast #gamemastersbookclub www.k-squareproductions.com/gmbc
Clue to #ClimateChange from a scientific paper in the Nature regarding #TheBlackDeath
#VolcanicEruption and #SO2 being pumped into the #stratosphere, a VSSI, caused summer cooling in 1345–1347
Caused by #MountSamalas eruption in 1257
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
A few weeks back I spent WAY too much on a special edition book, replacing an old hardcover of The Doomsday Book. It arrived and I am OVER THE MOON. Connie Willis is one of my favorite #ClassicScifi authors. I'll read it for the 3rd time!
#ScienceFictionBooks #TimeTravel #TheBlackDeath #MiddleAges
Art by Pierart dou Tielt (fl. 1340–1360
#BookWormSat 📚
The Black Death (1347-1351). It was an apocalyptic event that y reshaped medieval Europe. It wiped out an estimated 30% to 60% of Europe's population in just a few years. The cause was the bacterium Yersinia pestis, spread by fleas on rats via ancient trade routes. #TheBlackDeath
The biggest pandemic in the history of the human race youtu.be/uRXIRazAprY?... #TheBlackDeath #DiseaseHistory
When we treated plagues like, well... plagues 🩺🦠 [and a little about unicorns 😂🦄]
#TheRabbitHolePodcast #TheBlackDeath #ThePlague #EduSky #MedSky #PodcastSky
You may be old, but are you old enough to remember the Black Death?
#BlackDeath #TheBlackDeath #BubonicPlague #Plague #PlagueDoctor #PlagueDoctors #Vampire #Vampires #Vampcore #Vampirecore #Supernatural #Occult #Occultism
