In this fresh approach to the history of the Black Death, John Hatcher, a world renowned scholar of the Middle Ages, recreates everyday life in a mid 14th century rural English village.

By focusing on the experiences of ordinary villagers as they lived, and died, during the Black Death [A.D. 1345-50], Hatcher vividly places the listener directly into those tumultuous years and describes in fascinating detail the day to day existence of people struggling with the tragic effects of the plague.

Dramatic scenes portray how contemporaries must have experienced and thought about the momentous events, and how they tried to make sense of it all.


Unabridged
Narrated By: Geoffrey Centlivre
Duration: 12:18:02
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64kbps