Dates That Made History — Season 1, Episode 9: 1347: The Beginning of the Black Death
Documentary, War & Politics • 27 min • 3 seasons, 45 episodes • ★ 8.6/10
Episode synopsis
Did the first outbreaks occur in China or in the Caspian Sea ? Experts still argue. But how did the plague actually spread ? After many controversies, it seems that the rat flea was the major carrier of this disease.
About Dates That Made History
Historian Patrick Boucheron revisits the most important dates in history through the prisms of memory and collective imagination.