π§ Surviving Plague in Florence
π§ Not Just the Tudors • 46m
Between 1630 and 1631, the city of Florence suffered its most severe outbreak of plague since the time of the Black Death. Some 12% of the city's population of 75,000 perished.
In this edition of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks to Professor John Henderson, historian of epidemics, about how Florence suffered, fought and survived the impact of plague - and what we might have learned from the approach of the Florentine authorities during our own recent pandemic.
The Senior Producer on this episode was Elena Guthrie. It was edited and produced by Rob Weinberg.
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