In the BBC podcast hosted by Melvin Bragg. They discuss the Black death’s effect on Europe. The podcast goes on a stretch about the short-term effect of the black death in Europe and the long-term effect. It does go into detail about certain countries like Italy and how it affected the workforce at the time. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00bcqt8
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Questions: They open the podcast with the plague being dropped off through a ship. Was this the main way the plague spread through other European nations?
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Did any at the time of the plague think the plague would be the end of the world since it was killing so much at such a fast pace?
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Did the Black death desensitize death in Europe during this time?
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When the covid-19 pandemic hit the entire world was in a state of confusion at first. That was with modern-day communication technology where a message can be sent to the other side of the world in 12 seconds. How confused were the Europeans when the Bubonic Plague hit?
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Since the Plague was seen as punishment from God by the Christan nations, what did the non-Christan nations think the plague stemmed from?
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How many Jews were killed during the Black death do to hate crimes because they were blamed for the pandemic?
