The Black Death. What Do We Know? We Asked A Medieval Historian

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  @MsMelisaWilliams · 1 year ago

  It´s simple: I see Dr. Eleanor Janega, I click.

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  @OtávioOliveira-b3f · 1 year ago

  "How was the Black Death treated? It wasn't lol" that part got me ngl

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  @faraz-i3x · 1 year ago

  "that's just sparkling death" 😂😂

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  @Smiley3Productions · 1 year ago

  “That’s not the Black Death, that’s  just sparkling death” took me 2 seconds to register as a champagne joke and I laughed so loud

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  @pamjamas · 1 year ago

  Something in Australia is not trying to kill you!  Win!

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  @robinhall7556 · 1 year ago

  I can listen to Eleanor for hours! She's very knowledgable and enthusiastic about her chosen subject with a element of comedy. She's just great. Love you keep them coming.

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  @McKay2 · 1 year ago

  She reminds me of some of my favorite teachers / professors. Super knowledgeable and passionate to the point that she can point out the humor and humanity in topics that can sometimes feel apart from real life because they’ve been so mythologized.

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  @entertherealmofchaos · 1 year ago

  &quot;Bring out your dead&quot;...<br>&quot;But im not dead yet!&quot;...

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  @TheRealKestrel · 1 year ago

  I love Eleanor, listen to all her podcasts even when she is just the guest. SO COOOOOOL!

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  @TurquoiseStar17 · 1 year ago

  From a historical standpoint, it&apos;s always weird to think how the Black Death actually had a silver lining. The massive labor shortage caused European societies to realize the need to do things differently. That and the dedication of scribes preserving classical texts were largely what brought about the Renaissance.

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  @julius_the_python · 1 year ago

  2 interesting points:<br><br>1. there was a doku recently that suggested (and demonstrated) that it was likely human body lice that exacerbated the spread of the plague (esp in the 17th c)<br><br>2. we DO know how some people were immune to it, it&apos;s a genetic anomaly known as CCR5-Delta 32, which in ancestors confers immunity to yersinia pestis, and in modern populations, immunity to HIV/AIDS. Use case, the village of Eyam in England. Known survivors of the plague traced descendants to modern day and found in skeletal DNA and living cheek swabs the same mutation.

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  @JakeC689 · 1 year ago

  Eleanor has a corky and enthusiastic personality that makes learning about medieval history much more exciting. The way that she expresses things just draws me in and makes me want to learn more and more. Her knowledge on these subjects are very interesting and intriguing. She is the kind of history teacher that I would of loved to have in high school. I will always click on any video she is featured in and the podcasts are very informative as well.

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