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julesk t1_ja4lp9p wrote

Reply to comment by teratogenic17 in Deadly waves: Researchers document the evolution of plague over hundreds of years in medieval Denmark. by Rifletree

Exactly what I was thinking. I’ve been reading ‘A Distant Mirror— the calamitous 14th century’ by Barbara Tuchman and had to stop as the parallels were flipping me out.

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teratogenic17 t1_ja4on9c wrote

Wow, I remember that book, loved it when it came out, generations ago. Who knew Enguerrand de Coucy was such a badass?

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julesk t1_ja4oxwi wrote

Very true! I have enjoyed much of this book but the plague…..

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