Graphic describing the History department's lecture series, Pandemics in History.
April 17, 2020

ONLINE - Pandemics in History - “Rats!: The Bubonic Plague in 14th-century Europe”

Event Details

Date & Time

Friday, Apr 17, 2020 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM


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Department

History


Cost

Free


Location

Online


Event Type & Tags

  • Academics

About This Event

The most well-known outbreak of the bubonic plague began with the arrival in Italy of a ship from Constantinople in 1347.  Over the course of the next four years the disease swept slowly throughout much of Europe.  Many misconceptions about that plague outbreak continue to circulate, despite decades of intense research by scientists and historians.  Dr. DeAragon, Gonzaga's medieval historian, will discuss the transmission and symptoms, mortality rates, and consequences of the so-called Black Death.