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YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO
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Professor John Hatcher answers key questions about the devastating disease that decimated the medieval world
After arising in Asia in the mid-1340s, the Black Death went on to consume most of Europe
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Discover how medieval society reacted to the plague from widespread panic to the desertion of loved ones
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Quarantine was just one of many measures deployed in an attempt to restrict the spread of the deadly disease
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Medieval physicians recommended a range of preventative measures and cures some more appetising than others
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An unshakeable conviction that the plague was a punishment from God had terrible consequences
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Professor John Hatcher examines the legacy of the Black Death and the questions that remain unanswered
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Take your knowledge further with our pick of books, podcasts and radio programmes
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The secrets behind a dramatic watercolour by JMW Turner
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Archive photographs charting
Newcastles rich history
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