The Plague in the Middle Ages - The Black Death and the World it Remade

The Middle Ages weren’t just castles and knights—sometimes they were silence, fear, and a bell that wouldn’t stop ringing. In this episode of Medieval Morsels, we step into the 14th century to explore the Black Death: how it spread, what medieval people believed was causing it, and the strange (and sometimes surprisingly logical) ways they tried to survive.

But this isn’t only a story about death—it’s a story about transformation. The plague reshaped work and wages, power and protest, faith and doubt, art and memory, leaving Europe permanently changed. Join us for a curious, story-rich look at the pandemic that didn’t just devastate the medieval world… it remade it.