"People love repeating counterintuitive factoids. People do not love conducting deep historical research to check whether clever-sounding factoids are actually true. A common one is that the Black Death supercharged Europe’s economy. This is false.
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Other pandemics did not go along with rising prosperity, because they did not arrive in the middle of unrelated economic transformations."
#History #Economy #Disease #BlackPlague
https://www.benlandautaylor.com/p/no-the-black-death-was-not-good-for
People love repeating counterintuitive factoids. People do not love conducting deep historical research to check whether clever-sounding factoids are actually true. A common one is that the Black Death supercharged Europe’s economy. This is false.
"What dark and trying times we live in... what's for dinner?"
Maybe gettin' handsy with Plague victims wasn't such a hot idea...
#youtube review: “What #Hygiene Was Like During the #BlackPlague” by ‘Weird #History
"The Treatment" #art #illustration #plaguedoctor #blackplague #blackdeath #bubonicplague #snails #snailart #critters #darkart #artistsupport
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