The Black Death killed ~100 million people between 1347 and 1353, including half the population of London.
* Was the London experience representative?
* Impact of London evidence?

IHR lecture by Thomas Asbridge, 24 June: https://www.history.ac.uk/news-events/events/keene-london-lecture-26-black-death-london

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What a list of Black Death survivors reveals about the way people recovered from plague.

Despite the deadliness of the disease, it was possible to recover from plague, and medieval chroniclers mention the possibility – however unlikely – of survival.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260513-what-a-list-of-black-death-survivors-reveals-about-the-way-people-recovered-from-plague?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Plague #BlackDeath #History #Europe #MiddleAges

An interesting review of experience and resilience during the Black Death.

The Black Death killed approximately 100 million people (about half the world’s population) between 1347 and 1353. Subsequent outbreaks, which occurred every few years until the 18th century, took millions more lives.

http://archive.today/2026.04.21-161630/https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/black-death-global-history-thomas-asbridge-review-fxwckw6lz

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Interesting #novelty #coin of the day: This piece has a #Plague doctor on one side - this was a volunteer or an actual doctor, though the duty was often more to record accurate numbers of deaths than curing people (though some charged promising cures). Although often a #caricature, beaked masks like this have been dated to the 1700s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_doctor Wearing a modern medical coat & stethoscope (invented in 1816).

The other side has a #clock at 8:55 (Does anyone know a potential reason for that?) with the dates 1347-1351 in the centre - that was the rough years of the #Black #Death in Europe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death

I can't read the text above the centre?

The piece itself is an Equilateral curve heptagon (7-sided), about 25mm diameter, similar to a 1991-1994 Jamaica 25 cents: https://en.numista.com/6476 & about 3mm thick.

I'll tag #Histodons since the theme is historical, though the piece isn't.

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