The Black Death: The World’s Most Devastating Plague

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Professor Biography Table of Contents Scope Lecture 1—Europe on the Brink of the Black Death Lecture 2—The Epidemiology of Plague Lecture 3—Did Plague Really Cause the Black Death? Lecture 4—The Black Death’s Ports of Entry Lecture 5—The First Wave Sweeps across Europe Lecture 6—The Black Death in Florence Lecture 7—The Black Death in France Lecture 8—The Black Death in Avignon Lecture 9—The Black Death in England Lecture 10—The Black Death in Walsham Lecture 11—The Black Death in Scandinavia Lecture 12—The End of the First Wave Lecture 13—Medieval Theories about the Black Death Lecture 14—Cultural Reactions from Flagellation to Hedonism Lecture 15—Jewish Persecution during the Black Death Lecture 16—Plague’s Effects on the Medieval Church Lecture 17—Plague Saints and Popular Religion Lecture 18—Artistic Responses tothe Black Death Lecture 19—Literary Responses to the Black Death Lecture 20—The Economics of the Black Death Lecture 21—The Black Death’s Political Outcomes Lecture 22—Communities That Survived the First Wave Lecture 23—Later Plague Outbreaks: 1353–1666 Lecture 24—How the Black Death Transformed the World Bibliography Image Credits