The Black Death: The Pandemic That Rebuilt Europe — Fexingo History
FexingoBetween 1347 and 1351, the Black Death swept across Europe, killing an estimated 30–60% of its population. This wasn't just a demographic catastrophe—it was a crucible that forged a new world. Join hosts Lucas and Luna as they trace the plague's journey from the Crimean port of Caffa to every corner of the continent, exploring how the Yersinia pestis bacterium uprooted feudal structures, shattered... more
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In the wake of the Black Death, English transformed from a peasant tongue into the language of power, poetry, and parliament. This episode traces how the plague's demographic catastrophe accelerated the shift from Anglo-Norman French and Latin to Eng... more
In June 1358, as the Black Death was still receding across Europe, northern France exploded into the largest peasant uprising of the Middle Ages — the Jacquerie. While previous episodes have covered the English Peasants' Revolt and the Florentine Cio... more
In the wake of the Black Death, England's wool trade boomed, and with it came a wave of spectacular church building. This episode of Fexingo History follows Lucas and Luna as they explore the so-called 'wool churches' of the Cotswolds and East Anglia... more
In 1427, Florence conducted one of the most ambitious censuses of the pre-modern world: the Catasto. This episode explores how the Black Death's demographic devastation reshaped taxation and governance in the Florentine Republic. Lucas and Luna walk ... more
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how the Black Death broke the back of serfdom in England. With a third of the population dead, laborers suddenly held the leverage, demanding wages and freedom. The government's response—the Ordinance of Labour... more
In 1378, Florence's lowest-paid workers—the Ciompi wool combers—rose up and briefly seized control of one of Europe's most powerful city-states. This episode explores the revolt's roots in the demographic upheaval of the Black Death, which had decima... more
In the summer of 1381, England's peasantry rose up in a rebellion that shook the kingdom to its foundations. Triggered by a poll tax meant to fund a failing war, the revolt saw thousands of commoners march on London, burn legal records, and demand th... more
When the Black Death hit Europe in 1347, Venice responded with a radical experiment: the world's first organized quarantine system. This episode dives into the Venetian measures—the isolation of ships on the Lazzaretto Nuovo island, the creation of a... more
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Historically focused exploration of the Black Death and its wide-ranging consequences across Europe, from the initial spread and dramatic mortality to the social, economic, religious, and cultural transformations that followed. Across episodes, the show uses case studies and synthesis of scholarly interpretations to illustrate how plague-driven labor shifts, urban upheaval, and shifts in power reshaped feudal structures, sparked revolts, reconfigured institutions like universities and courts, and influenced art, literature, language, and money. Notable throughlines include the collapse of manorial systems, the rise of a merchant class, the fate of Jewish communities, and the long shadow of plague on Renaissance origins and global history. T... more
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