The Black Death and the Mongols (PODCAST 4-16-2020)

Today I’m joined by myself (sorry) to discuss the Black Death, the big missing piece of our recent pandemic talk. This is not a comprehensive history of the plague because that’s an entire book, but it is a discussion of the 14th century world into which it emerged as well as a brief look at some of its impacts outside of Europe. It’s also a lot more ab…