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Stop blaming rats for the plague
· 26 min
Episode Stop blaming rats for the plague
If you were asked where the plague came from you’d probably say rats. Or fleas. And you’d say it swept across Europe killing up to half of the population.
But where exactly did it start and how did it get to Europe in the first place?
Medieval historian Dr Eleanor Janega sits down with Marc Fennell (Stuff The British Stole) and debunks the biggest myths about the black death and tells the real story behind one of the worst pandemics the world has ever seen.
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