Black History

To look at today, the village of Walsham-le-Willows in Suffolk, Britain, doesn’t let on the depth of its terrifying history. The sleepy main street, with the occasional strolling local and looming church, where one struggles to find a coffee, does not convey the images of suffering and horror that once plagued this village. But this village, like most of Europe and Asia, has a very black history. And for Walsham-le-Willows, this dark time was the mid 1300s Music: Lost Radiance - On The Planet Far Away (ver. 1) Sources: Websites - Ancient History Encyclopaedia (https://www.ancient.eu/article/782/justinians-plague-541-542-ce/ Justinian’s Flea (http://www.justiniansflea.com/events.htm) Contagions (https://contagions.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/plague-at-the-siege-of-caffa-1346/) Bright Hub Education.com (https://www.brighthubeducation.com/history-homework-help/88775-social-effects-of-the-black-death/) BBC - Black Death (http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/black_impact_01.shtml) ABC Science (http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/01/29/2149185.htm) World Health Organisation - Plague (https://www.who.int/csr/disease/plague/en/) Journal Articles - Perry RD & Fetherston JD. Yersinia pestis--etiologic Agent of plague. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 1997 Jan; 10(1): 35 - 66 Firth J. The History of Plague - Part 1. The Three Great Pandemics. Journal of Military and Veterans' Health - History. 2012 April; Vol 20(2): 11 - 16 Books - The Black Death, The Intimate Story of a Village in Crises, 1345 – 1350. John Hatcher.