{"id":12082,"date":"2022-03-31T14:51:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T12:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=205401"},"modified":"2022-03-31T15:03:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T13:03:08","slug":"the-black-death-origins-spread","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/the-black-death-origins-spread\/","title":{"rendered":"The Black Death: origins &amp; spread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Ellie Cawthorne\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 31 March 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Over recent years, our understanding of the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/medieval\/black-death-plague-epidemic-facts-what-caused-rats-fleas-how-many-died\/&quot;\">Black Death<\/a> has been radically transformed by new scientific developments. In this episode, Ellie Cawthorne speaks to Professor Monica Green about what the latest research can tell us about where the plague originated, and how it spread to eventually engulf vast swathes of the globe.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-205401-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/03\/HistoryExtra_BlackDeath_E2-2209e6b.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/03\/HistoryExtra_BlackDeath_E2-2209e6b.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/03\/HistoryExtra_BlackDeath_E2-2209e6b.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><strong>Note: The primary sources quoted in this series are taken from:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><em>The Black Death, translated and edited by Rosemary Horrox<\/em> (1994)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Black Death, The Great Mortality of 1348-1350: A Brief History with Documents<\/em>, John Arberth (2005)<\/li>\n<\/ul><section class=\"&quot;highlight\"><div class=\"&quot;highlight__content\" editor-content=\"\"> <p>Want to hear more? Browse the rest of the episodes in our <strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/podcast-series\/black-death-podcast-series\/&quot;\">podcast series on the Black Death<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <\/p><\/div> <\/section><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ellie Cawthorne Published: Thursday, 31 March 2022 at 12:00 am Over recent years, our understanding of the Black Death has been radically transformed by new scientific developments. 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