The Black Death: The World's Most Devastating Plague
Narrated by Dorsey Armstrong
The Great Courses: Medieval History
- Released
- May 27, 2016
- Length
- 12 hrs 10 mins
- Format
- Lecture
- Publisher
- The Great Courses
Embark on an intriguing exploration of the Black Death, a pivotal event in Western history, with "The Black Death: The World's Most Devastating Plague," taught by esteemed medievalist Dorsey Armstrong. This course unveils the extensive repercussions of the plague across various facets of life—economic, social, political, and cultural—highlighting how it reshaped European societies and set the stage for the Renaissance and the Protestant Reformation. Through 24 engaging lectures, you'll uncover the profound ways the Black Death changed the course of history, ultimately contributing to the creation of the modern world we know today.
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