Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2023-04-09
Books mentioned on The Priests of Plague | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Great Mortality
The Great Mortality is a comprehensive historical account by John Kelly that chronicles the devastating impact of the Black Death across medieval Europe.
Discussed“In his book The Great mortality John Kelly the the historian not the not the Trump guy uh points out that 42 to 45 percent of all of the clergy in Europe died during the plague”
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A Distant Mirror
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara Tuchman is a sweeping historical narrative examining fourteenth-century France during the devastating years of the Black Death and the Hundred Years' War.
Discussed“as Barbara tuckman writes in a distant mirror the calamitous 14th century Clement VI found it necessary to Grant remission of sin to all who died of the plague because so many were unattended by priests”
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Pale Rider
Pale Rider by Laura Spinney is a historical account of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, detailing its global devastation and how it fundamentally changed human society.
Discussed“um and yeah the book pale writer by Laura spinney notes of the bishop quote in his inaugural letter to his new diocese alvario ibalano wrote that Min should actively seek God In Truth”
