The long shadow of the Black Death

Welcome to the History Extra podcast. It's the third and final installment today of our Sunday series on the Black Death, as Emily Briffitt is joined once again by historian Thomas Asbridge, whose latest book is The Black Death A Global History, to discuss this devastating pandemic and its consequences. When the first wave of the Black Death finally subsided, just how different was the world it left behind? How did societies adapt in the decades that followed? And what lessons did this medieval catastrophe hold for the centuries that followed?

I'm Emily Briffitz, and I'm joined by historian Thomas Asbridge. In this third and final episode, we'll be covering the long shadow of the Black Death. examining how it transformed economies, beliefs and everyday life, and how its legacy continues to shape our understanding of the past. Hi Thomas, welcome back to this, the final episode of our three-part series. Thanks for having me on.

So in our last two episodes we've spoken about the sense of unknown. How is this disease being transmitted? How would have contemporaries dealt with it? that kind of fear intrepidation that it's caused. But I think we should take a little bit of a step back here.

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