The Black Death

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Roman lunacy‣In 1309 the Papacy fled to Avignon leaving Rome with no civic order,and a battleground between two aristocratic families (Colonna, Orsini)‣By 1347 the city was a squalid ruin of ~35,000‣A young notary Cola di Rienzo talked the Pope into making him “Rectorof Rome”, and in May of 1347 he led a small army into the city andseized the municipal district. Throughout the summer he put on variousceremonies of increasing magnificence, declaring himself the “Tribune ofRome”‣The Pope (fearing he had upset the real power in Rome) pulled hissupport, but Cola had a further trick up his sleeve, and had members ofthe Colonna and Orsini families arrested. He signed orders to executethem, but when the morning came, he lost his nerve.‣With the plague approaching Rome, Cola’s cavalry killed a prominentmember of the Colonna family. Cola fled to a monastery in Abruzzi, justas the plague struck Rome, killing half the population.
Entrez La Belle France‣The plague arrived in Marseilles in November 1347.‣The port was an conduit for trade with Spain and the Levant (what todayis Turkey, MidEast, N. Africa coast), and the main port of departure forCrusaders‣It is thought that Marseilles was possibly the origin of the “Jewish plot” tospread plague across Europe “-contaminating wells with a plague poison”,although the citizens themselves were very tolerant to Jews.
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Page 10 and 11: Three epidemics, three biovars‣3r
Page 12 and 13: US outbreak vectors‣Cases in US a
Page 14 and 15: Not a very good bioweapon‣Not spo
Page 16 and 17: Vectors‣When rats die of plague,
Page 19 and 20: Traveling flea circus‣Latin: rode
Page 21 and 22: The original flea vector?‣Tarabag
Page 23 and 24: Spreading WestRest stops for carava
Page 25 and 26: East meets West‣Genoa was on of t
Page 27 and 28: Bringing the plague to SicilyIn Oct
Page 30 and 31: What does the queen command?
Page 32 and 33: What does the queen command?‣To p
Page 34 and 35: No outdoor plumbing‣By the 14th C
Page 36 and 37: Things looking up…‣Early Middle
Page 38 and 39: Fragmented Italy‣In 1347-1348 pla
Page 42 and 43: Clement and Joanna‣In May 1348 Po
Page 44 and 45: Check your horoscope today?When the
Page 46 and 47: England, 1348‣In 1348 England was
Page 48 and 49: More sheep than people….In Englan
Page 50 and 51: The Second Wave…‣In August 1348
Page 52 and 53: You can’t beat us at Football eit
Page 54 and 55: Decline of the Land Barons‣After
Page 56 and 57: The peasants meet the King, sort of
Page 58 and 59: The Jewish Plot‣By 1348 it was wi
Page 60 and 61: Naughty spanking‣The Brotherhood
Page 62 and 63: Not good for businessAll this sever
Page 64 and 65: It’s gone…so let’s party…
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