The Black Death: The Great Mortality
Tracing the path of the Yersinia pestis bacteria from the Silk Road to the village of Eyam.
Key Questions
- 1How did trade routes contribute to the spread of the plague?
- 2What were the most common (and ineffective) medieval cures?
- 3How did the plague change people's relationship with the Church?
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