London's Dreadful Visitation: The Black Death and The Great Plague

I've been thinking about what happens after a plague recently.
Sorry about the audio issues- I'm dealing with some stuff right now and simply don't have the brainspace to go back and redo it.
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00:00 Intro
00:47 The Black Death
06:56 The Great Plague
12:19 Yersinia pestis

[@matushorvath]

I did not expect to have an art performance experience from a video on plague, but this is definitely art.

[@catfeatherss]

Well said and seconded.

[@markchapman6800]

If she hadn't let on that aesthetic choice wasn't the primary reason for this presentation, most of us wouldn't have given it a second thought.

[@samuelmelcher333]

You might like Atun-Shei's video Performance, Politics, and Plague in Shakespeare's London. Very informative; very dramatic

[@phife1878]

This is "art" and, like most "art", it's unnecessary and distracting.

[@bboicrazy8]

@@phife1878 you could go look up primary sources instead read if you don’t want something “unnecessary and distracting”

[@MSK-jd5fi]

It’s fascinating to see the parallels in social changes between their plague and our plague. It’s like “no one wants to work anymore” is not a new concept. No one wants to be taken advantage of and no one wants to live a subsistence life.

[@raylouis7013]

Exactly. That and many who CAN work from home want to continue to do so, even if only part time.

[@Blackbird_Singing_in_the-Night]

I agree! I find the similarities go much further in the sense that nobody wanted to be responsible for ‘causing’ a quarantine or even report it because of personal financial issues and the stigma associated with it. That’s a chapter right out of Covid 2020! People who had Covid swore it was just the flu, nothing to see here!! They even denied the severity of Covid as the death toll ticked higher and higher. My Aunt who was Covid positive died from resulting double pneumonia. My entire family swore Covid had nothing to do with it, and would appreciate it if I didn’t tell anyone my ‘opinion’. And besides, if it was Covid, they couldn’t hold a family service, so it’s definitely not! I have English and Irish heritage. We have not progressed much since bubonic plague! Edit: This was beautifully filmed and the content was easy to follow and thought provoking! Thank you!

[@tomhenry897]

Their plague had lots of dead and was real Ours had no dead and fake

[@patstokes7040]

No they just want to live on the rest of us that work. Lay in the street and take drugs. I don't see the any parallels at all.

[@lizicadumitru9683]

I was fascinated to know that the peasant revolt was a byproduct of the ramifications of the plague

[@ShadowMoon878]

I remember when i was in primary school, we have an event day where everybody dressed up as someone from the Middle Ages. So kids were dressed up as Kings, Queens, Princesses, Princes, Knights, Jesters, Footsoldiers and all others. Me and some of my friends were outcasts so we all dressed up as Plague Doctors. The other kids thought we are dressing up as "Bird People" but the Teachers all knew who we were.

[@bigbrowntau]

In my time working as an infectious disease nurse, I've looked after a few patients with plague. As a medieval re-enactor, I darkly admired their dedication to authenticity.

[@stillhere1425]

Colorado? Seems it’s always Colorado.

[@athena8794]

Or Arizona, New Mexico, or Southern California.

[@michaelafischer6177]

Or somewhere not in America maybe? Impossible! Lol.

[@EzioAuditoreDaFirenze99]

No, the civillised world is America, basically, right?

[@Spedley_2142]

I'm not sure how to take this post? :) Are you grimly confirming that descriptions of suffering are true or enjoying watching?

[@PhoebeFayRuthLouise]

“I’ve got flowers and lighting and stuff. I’m not an animal.” You make me laugh, even on a subject as serious as the plague! I’m wishing you and your partner health! I appreciate this video all the more knowing you’ve been struggling. This was fascinating, especially the downstream ramifications, like peasants using surnames for the first time! You are a terrific teacher and I always feel smarter after watching your videos!

[@stephenhumphrey7935]

Yes. The great plague of 2019-2022 was terrible.

[@Skibbityboo0580]

@@stephenhumphrey7935 Didn't have to be. We had the knowledge, and the ability, to stop it right in it's tracks. All the tools were there, we just can't band together as a whole to literally save our lives. I sincerely believe the root cause of the eventual death of all humanity will be contrarianism.

[@lizicadumitru9683]

At least our plague didn't constitute big pusy boils​@@stephenhumphrey7935

[@knutolavbjrgaas1069]

Im pretty sure a major contribution to clergy being disproportionally affected by the plague is them disproportionally helping the sick people.

[@kahkah1986]

yes, perfect storm, as they all lived together as well, and didn't leave the hospital; normally that would have protected the surrounding area from the infections they were fighting, but it would have trapped everyone in the hospital in the case of an outbreak like the plague. Even today medical workers are disproportionately affected by an epidemic, as they are obviously in front of the illness.

[@jeremiahgabriel5709]

As someone who spent a great deal of 2020 and 2021 researching plagues from my own personal interest, as for various reasons, I watched a shit ton of documentaries and read a good deal.....and I fucking love how thoroughly this is researched and how many layers you pack in to such a short video..... And while being information dense it doesn't feel like.... overwhelming? Anyhow, this is my first vid of yours I'm seeing and I like it.

[@marinawildish7951]

If only they kept more cats huh would of kept the rats away

[@Jacob-ge1py]

I'm sure you're not really doing anything too nefarious but "researching plagues from my own personal interest" sounds like to some batman villain shit.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

I don't live in London but the school I went to in the North of England is well over 500 years old, and at one time had complusory smoking lessons and any child not smoking was severely punished. This was due to the fact the school was next to the graveyard of the Cathedral and back then they thought disease was spread through bad smells so they thought the smell of the smoke would solve it.

[@OlgasBritishFells]

That's so interesting! What a school was it, if it's not a secret?

[@investment-mk3vl]

fascinating! thank you

[@bvd7517]

The Black Death was my thesis topic in college. It is interesting how many of the first international health agreements were put in place because of it and how influential it was not just domestically but globally, especially in Europe.

[@TheDeadmanTT]

I've decided to watch this video laying down.

[@sirtrently77]

I have never even considered how devastating and literally life-altering the Black Death is and now I’m just sitting here…aghast and thankful we at least know a little something about germs and bacteria. Fantastic job, you could make history anybody’s favorite school subject!

[@M1dfielder]

Your final words reminded me of something I learned about the bowling green in Cheltenham. It is where the plague victims were buried and there's some law stating that it is never to be dug up for fear of the plague taking hold again. Scary to think it can survive like that 😮

[@CCoburn3]

One reason the clergy died at a higher rate is that at least some of them came into close contact with the sick because they were trying to tend to them.

[@bamaboni]

There's a simple old Norman Chapel (Heath Chapel, Shropshire) in my area that's just out in the countryside on it's own. When they took aerial photos of the area they found the outlines of where houses used to be before plague left the village completely abandoned minus a small and basic chapel

[@sandyhenderson441]

This is a really interesting video, well done! While researching my early-ish ancestors I found that all but 1 male in a family died of plague in 1664. Plague burials had to be shown as such in the parish register (a Tudor law, Elizabeth 1st, I think). In the cities this couldn't be done due to numbers. Unless you had money (= influence) you'd be an anonymous body in a plague pit, but smaller villages and towns had fewer deaths and so the dead were named in the register. My 10xgreat grandfather, his 2nd wife and 3 youngest sons died in the village. The eldest son was elsewhere being an apprentice, and he's my 9xgreat grandfather. If he'd died too, I wouldn't be here... And I grew up in a street named Glisson; a bit of local research revealed that Dr Glisson was a local physician when the plague arrived full force in 1665. Wealthy people, including many physicians, left for safer places, but Dr G stayed put and tried to help even people who couldn't pay him. Brave man. He survived and his actions are remembered 350 years later.

[@colpul2103]

As a historian this was maybe the best explanation of the scale of the Black Death in Europe. Well and beautifully done.

[@PSDuck216]

Chilling presentation. Well done! A few notes you might be interested in: As the 1381 Peasant Revolt showed, the real slave drivers who held land were in The Church, Inc. The biggest landowner (aggregate) in the kingdom. The brave, dedicated churchmen who remained with their parishioners died with them. They were the ones who practiced what they preached. The cowards deserted their people and died in obscurity. These were remembered and their cowardice overshadowed any good that was done by the brave clergymen. In the 1315-17 deluge and crop failures, followed by starvation and reports of cannibalism, the Church trotted out the old excuse that it was caused by people being sinful. (It’s still used today, by the way.) Then, in 1348, they did the same thing. This time people remembered and would have none of it. If the Church, which was supposed to pray for all sinners and square things away with the almighty could not do their job, why should people have anything to do with it? People left the churches in droves. They were still religious, but prayed not in church. (The time was ripe for a Martin Luther.) Lollards appeared. In world outbreaks since then, which you covered well, almost no one knows about the outbreak in the Vietnam war. Within six weeks, Special Forces’ Field Immunization Specialty Teams, who carried such weight generals that cooperated with SF captains, had traced the outbreak hot spot to the Central Highlands, near the Cambodian border. Within those six weeks, the hot spot was eradicated, and people treated with antibiotics, as were other cases in the area. No subsequent outbreak occurred. Unsung heroes doing their jobs. Cheers!

[@redsevenski1478]

You do an incredible job of bringing history to life in all your videos, and making it relatable

[@Cruznick06]

I am here for laying down while making videos. We need to support creators of all types, so if you need to lay down for your health, go for it!

[@APenguinsLullaby]

Can I just say how amazing you are at conveying how awful this plague was. The numbers are often breezed over, but you make it a lot more real.

[@lilykatmoon4508]

What an ending! That there’s still traces of plague bacteria in 700 year old graves! Yikes! Great video. I learned a lot. I found the development of surnames particularly interesting. Very cool.

[@Rekeaki]

Well, plague is alive and well in the rodent populations of the USA and I am sure elsewhere too. People still get infected occasionally too, except the hospitals in those regions now know exactly how to treat it.

[@AndersWatches]

Traces of its DNA, but certainly not anything capable of living again.

[@catofthecastle1681]

My ancestors came from London and I just found out my dna contains the remnants that they survived the Plague at some point, which some experts say is why I have a super immune system. It also causes vague autoimmune responses!

[@michelehood8837]

That is really interesting!

[@AmaltheaVimes]

This is interesting: )

[@brynnastevens290]

Just curious - I was intrigued by your comment, so I did a little digging - are you referring to the gene ERAP2 variant? I read about in in an article called "Genes that Aided Black Death Survival Linked to Autoimmunity" by Jef Akst on the website for "TheScientist." (I'm not sure if the lack of the space between the two words was intentional or not on their website.)

[@chrish2277]

Mine came from Derbyshire and that's why, after catching the flu in the 80's, I have LADA diabetes or type 1.5. My super immune system is slowly killing my pancreatic cells that produce insulin. Not sure of the specific gene/s involved. Edit - it's CCR5 Delta32

[@EH23831]

Yeah - there’s a theory that autoimmune diseases arose from our repeated exposures to plagues (I have an autoimmune disease- so don’t know whether I should consider myself lucky that I might not get the plague?? I got Covid a couple of times, soooo 🤷🏻‍♀️)

[@johnsonrob]

I can't believe how good a production that was! Such a solemn piece with "I'm not an animal" and other small light breaks from the seriousness of the topic (Boris Johnson being the best...). So glad the algorithm brought you to my attention - you are a daily must watch!

[@film8ker1684]

I love that you actually stared at the camera while lying on the floor and did not freeze the footage. The only movement I can see is your eyelids. I've done video and film production since 1995. That is impressive.

[@williamlloyd3769]

An epic, well told summary of a horrific event. The scale of this plague was immense. The 1918-19 pandemic as well as the current Covid outbreak are nothing compared to this.

[@redball1209]

This is my first ever YT comment. I'm an amature historian and only found your chanel today. I just wanted to say, very informative, very entertaining. Well done and keep ut up. I've learnt so much about Vikings, the great fire, slavery and dare I say, corsets. Great job

[@DasHobble]

Holy shit, it's the female Tom Scott... Where have you been all my life? Get ready for each of your videos to get a view! lol Thank you for the great content!

[@DG-mv6zw]

Another great video. Love the way you not only describe what happens, but go on to explain the actual consequences of what happens.

[@maxximumb]

I thought the audio was all done on purpose as part of the ambiance of the video. Another very interesting story. Get well soon.

[@JDraper]

Yeah, let's go with that! I did a video once on the Battle of Cable Street where the audio was for some reason entirely in the left channel, and that felt rather accidentally poetic to me, so this one can have rubbish-on-purpose audio too ^_^

[@OnTheRiver66]

This is the best most concise description of this horrible plague. I have to subscribe.

[@brinistaco1970]

if you were shooting for informative ,yet eerie, you nailed it. Thank you

[@keithlillis7962]

Excellent. J. Draper is a gifted orator and the subjects are fascinating.

[@seankayll9017]

I knew a girl at school called Katie Aicharre. Seriously though, I recommend the novel "Domesday Book" by Connie Willis for a harrowing take on what it might have been like in a 14th century village.

[@JimBob4233]

I'd second that recommendation, though the feeling it mostly carries across is less of the 'what's happening to us' side and more of the 'why doesn't anything work to stop it' side thanks to who the focus character is

[@ak5659]

One thing I read is that the years before the plague hit the weather was warmer so the type of wheat used to make white bread flourished so the price dropped and more people ate white bread. When the weather turned colder (Little Ice Age) that wheat didn't grow well and the price went up again. People didn't want non-white bread because that was "peasant food". Many just ate less instead. So when the plague hit there were a lot of malnurished people. In cities in NE Europe where the price of white bread never went down to begin with, non-white bread had no such negative connotation. So when the plague hit there were comparatively fewer malnourished people so death rates were lower. I read this like 20 years ago and have no idea where. I'm just wondering if anyone else has heard this.

[@tokramert8937]

Never heard the white bread part(though that doesnt have to mean anything) but i defintely read somewhere too tha bad harvests caused by rain and colder climate were a major factor in the deadliness of the plague

[@tomhenry897]

Read bs

[@erwinschrodinkle7228]

Sorry to hear you've been through ... the ring of the system ... Thanks for another video. All the best Prof Bangbang.

[@ryoko65]

Yeesh! I've done a lot of reading on the plague, but nothing ever really hit home like your perspective on it. Your presentations on KZbin are really among the best .... I hope you're feeling better soon....

[@plingploong]

Journal of the Plague Year by Defoe is a fantastic read about the 1665 plague. Wonderful video!!

[@banksiasong]

Gosh, what a very moving experience warching this. The parallels with the Covid pandemic are amazing. You are a Living National Treasure.

[@tomhenry897]

Where’s all the dead The empty towns

[@jobiden2942]

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[@paulbennett4415]

I am truly sorry to hear that you and your partner have been through the 'medical wringer' and hope that you are both on the road to recovery. Is this the reason why you chose to make a documentary about the Black Death💀of 1348 and further outbreaks, including the Great Plague of London in 1665⚰️? I was amazed to hear that two plague pits were discovered in London as recently as 2015. Keep up the good work 👍.

[@Insightfill]

This was awesome. Thank you!

[@Jaeler9]

Oh thank you. I realize this video is old but it answers one of my questions I had for you in a different video so thank you!

[@andreagriffiths3512]

I’ve only just caught our most recent plague. The bad days of the start of the pandemic live on and we are still learning to live with it. I’m just thankful that I had time to get my shots and the boosters and that, when I did get it, I was in the best place at the right time to be given antivirals without any questions. Because of that I had barely any symptoms: a headache I thought was hormonal, very minor ‘sore throat that was more I was aware I had a throat as a body part, and a day of lessened appetite. I got off very lightly and never felt ill.

[@clubdjmarcus]

only recently found this video, wish I could have shared this then...on a side-note: it's a shame what a lack of knowledge can do, only to realize that even with all the information you want about just about anything at your fingertips, ignorance is still a large factor to all those deaths today. Just because they don't like the current situation we all have to deal with.

[@marycatherine5803]

I wonder if here in the States we're about to see labor changes. It feels like similar questions about work might arise post Covid.

[@d14551]

So interesting and your presentation is so absorbing.

[@StephtheGD]

Can I say how much I appreciate the captions! Love it!

[@evert4205]

I've seen you on 9gag and now i'm so happy i found you on KZbin. Love the history. And enjoy your story's

[@kingofenglandthethir]

A splendid and entertaining historical account. You have surpassed yourself.

[@michaelj7069]

Wow. This was unnervingly well done.

[@alimcmoet]

This is a great channel, very informative and entertaining with a great variety of topics. Presentation etc is excellent.

[@gaymer618]

I love how the art to this video is authentic, but still sarcastic.

[@aaronleblanc9276]

The rug really ties the video together.

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

😂😂😂

[@GauravSingh-ku5xy]

Good Content. I'm thinking I shouldn't even be complaining about anything at this point.

[@hobbel14]

Love your storytelling!

[@Waiting_To_Retire]

I love these videos. Why you've never been in my suggested videos, I'll never know, as I'm an Anglophile from the US.

[@gorisenke]

I remember learning about the black plague in school. Once mostly in name in elementary school, and a more detailed explanation in high school. I did not know it was multiple events spanning across years. I knew the 60% number, but not how long it had taken for the population levels to return. That is bone chilling. For all the faults and flaws in my lifetime, none of which I am excusing here, I am glad to live now and not before. Nearly two thirds. I dont know how much schools have changed in the last decade so maybe it's different now. I had to work through covid and had basically a printed permit to work since my area was under quarantine. If you weren't going to the store or work, you world be told to return home, or risk detainment. Seeing next to nobody on the street or in the shop was eerie, but that was for a handful of months. I dont want to imagine years of that. Especially in modern society. I am a general worker, my job is not actually important, but 2 out of 3 is random, and it could be people at the power plant or water sanitation or any other truly necessary system. Yeah, im glad I live now and not then.

[@seanmacmillan5562]

Great video, please keep making them 😊

[@lorrainemumaw8695]

I know all the information you gave, but your recap is very good. It helps me remember the facts. Really good information you've given us. You don't mention pulmonary plague or septic. Pulmonary where one lasts a day maybe and the other where one drops dead in the street. I really love your informational videos, the short ones and long. Please keep doing them.😊

[@PatrickSullivan85]

Excellent video! I just finished The Great Mortality and that sense of not knowing the end to the horror really came through.

[@TSmith-yy3cc]

Fantastic; thank you fir your work.

[@elysiacelestewells4155]

Also my friends sister had the black plague, went to the hospital. She got antibiotics and was fine. Still alive and well.

[@angelicaeagles9627]

I love the dedication of staying on the floor for 13 minutes just looking at the camera 💜 I also have the same skull bottle, it came from a "make your own hot sauce" kit 😁

[@SevCaswell]

It could also be a repurposed bottle of Crystal Head Vodka...

[@Bigbro28]

Great video but is she looking at the camera - or at you and I? Giving me the creeps. 🐨🇦🇺

[@mak3960]

0:27 was giving major anne of Green gables vibes and then for you to stop and say you needed the lie down made me snort. I figured you were going for a dramatic retelling such as Anne when she was in a rowboat set off to her final resting place?

[@Valohir666]

I keep rewatching your so well made and well presented videos. Even though I'm an American, and very nearly an elderly one at that, and most likely will never get to visit London, your videos and history essays make me feel like I have. Well done, keep up the most excellent work.

[@m00zic]

I love your videos ❤ thank you algorithms for bringing me J draper!

[@kimberlypatton205]

This channel is pure Royal Gold!

[@terryroots5023]

Brilliant video. Thank you.

[@Jaq040]

J Draper is phenomenally talented, this video has been an unexpected breathtaking artistic experience and it is awesome!

[@margaretdevery6547]

I'm loving your posts, learning so much, & recommending you all over the place

[@LucifersTear]

So dark, so beautiful, so informative. Watched many of your videos but this... got my +Sub ❤️🎩❤️

[@Sembazuru]

Kudos to your dedication to your craft to video yourself lying down for duration of the narration, instead of simply freeze framing. Hope you and your partner have recovered 1 year later. BTW, I recently discovered your channel and enjoy your storytelling style. The content of your topics remind me a little of some of Lindybeige's content. I wonder if you've considered a collaboration with him. He can bring the beige and you can bring the color. 😄

[@richardperson6310]

Whoa! What a creepy history lesson. This would be a good one for Halloween.

[@HemeOnc1]

An amazing presentation! I was mesmerized by your account. Thank you so much.

[@Bigbro28]

I’m mesmerised by her eyes. 🐨🇦🇺

[@parissimons6385]

Good and informative video! Btw, Ben Jonson's successful comic play, The Alchemist (first performed by the King's Men in 1610 at the second Blackfriars playhouse), is set in London during a time when the wealthy people have left the city because of a plague outbreak. (I saw a fine production of the play by the RSC in Stratford on Avon in 2016.)

[@PianoExpectations]

I find it hard to find new details about the plague but you have provided many. Thank you

[@partickthompson1164]

I am absolutely devilishly delighted at how J D makes dark parts of European history comically interesting. You have a fan for life.

[@howamilooking5952]

That last fact, 700 years later, is incredible. Mother nature, you scary. Good video. ✌️

[@Puppies-z9h]

I absolutely love your channel. I genuinely think you're on the way to at least a million subscribers.

[@terrybrett467]

Very onformative video as always. Thank you. The amount of work that must have gone into this video is quite awesome. The production values are those of a major broadcaster.

[@lesliemccormick6527]

I love your videos. You are fun and informative, accurate and concise. I look forward to all of your efforts! ❤️ From 🇨🇦

[@RobByronPiedmontPhoto]

Brilliantly done. And I'm so glad you're not an animal.

[@halsinden]

when i was a pupil at the hall school (in hampstead), we used to use primrose hill as our sports grounds for football, rugby and the like. we were told we had to have studded boots for this. my favourite subject of study at the time was the black death but it got me very worried that if i got too into the scrum i'd dig up a plague corpse and reinstate the great miasma. (i was 9 years old). this is what i apportion to me going headlong into fencing / being a swordsman rather than kicking balls about. and THAT... ladies & gentlemen... is very possibly the most middle class comment i have ever left on youtube. thank you and goodnight.

[@aegontargaryen9322]

Just found your site quite by accident and I’m very impressed. I do love history , always have, and like nothing more than a good documentary on it . Your knowledge is very good and your presentation is absolutely first rate , it’s just like sitting and watching a BBC documentary. Well done on it . Now I’ve got a great back catalogue to go through , thank you

[@jayhaworth3856]

As always, I learned from your post. I had always seen the doctor uniform but never had an explanation of the purpose. Thank you for my one new daily learning!

[@davidfleischman4808]

Just watched this. Fine work. Your supine form with flower halo worked in amazing ways during the overlay images. Really good production.

[@hanzo0252]

Informative, engaging as always, but trippy to boot! Loved it.

[@user-xe8oe7du9e]

Wow you're a great story teller.

[@melissarainchild]

That was a deep one! And this is why I subscribed: content...thanks

[@investment-mk3vl]

your videos and shorts are the best revision cards I never had. making up for lost time now though. thank you!! great great work!

[@IntrepidFraidyCat]

This was excellent! Your channel is massively underappreciated. ❤👍🏻

[@CobwebCottage]

Absolutely BRILLIANT video! Full of factual information and some of it eye openers - for I didn't know some of the things you 'taught' us. A truly beautiful video about a very serious subject matter.. Loved it. Thank you.

[@dianarising7703]

This was truly excellent. It was very interesting. It must have been so difficult to live in those times, with people dropping around you and no effective medical care.

[@SevCaswell]

I seem to remember that the great first wave of the plague that spreads in the early 1300's originated in the Middle East after an earthquake tore open a burial ground of unknown age. The fact that the bacterial DNA is still present in plague pit skeletons after 700 years would seem to bear that out.

[@hannahfox5422]

My mother once offered to take me to an exhibition about the plague with bones found in a plague pit, we lived very near to a plague pit at the time. For all I'm sure it was all completely safe, I'm not sure I could have been in the same room as them.

[@rakino4418]

The presence of bacterial DNA does not mean there are living or viable bacterial cells present. Dead cells contain recognisable DNA.

[@SeahamV2]

How the plague was resolved is an amazing story in itself. Many lost hero's in our world. It has spoilers which is mind blowing for me.

[@MargaretHarmer]

Brilliant video. Haunting till the end.

[@lizahasbeenhere.836]

New here and loving it . I always thought as a child miasma thing kind of made sence. Thanks for saying that .❤

[@Ulyssestnt]

Not to mention it had been around way back in the sixth century during Justinian's plague.

[@believiny0urself]

Amazingggg video! I'm considering showing this to my Y5 students as we study the Black Plague. Btw, it's super cool one of your patrons is Naomi Campbell, the supermodel. (I assume)

[@michaelbricknell8409]

I love that in many of your videos you focus on the continuing impacts and changes that were triggered (here, fyi - the increased use of surnames .. ). I've learned a lot - thanks!

[@dinolil1474]

I love your history videos a lot! An interesting question to propose abt commemorating the plague! :O like the village of Eyam, for example!