La peste noire, la maladie qui a décimé l’Europe — SAGAS

SAGAS. In 1347, a plague from the East swept across Europe. In just a few years, the Black Death wiped out nearly half the continent's population. Cities emptied, villages were abandoned, and fear gripped every home. Where did this terrible epidemic come from? How did it spread so quickly? And how did people in the Middle Ages—doctors, religious figures, nobles, and peasants—try to survive, without understanding the origin of the disease? A deep dive into one of the greatest tragedies in human history. For this fourth episode of Sagas, historian and YouTuber Alice Durand tells us the story of the Black Death. Feel free to share your comments and tell us about historical events you'd like to see featured on Brut. Many thanks to Alice Durand, whom you can find on her YouTube channel @histoirehumaine. ⚙️ AI Tools Used: ChatGPT, Flux Kontext, Kling 2.5, Midjourney, Nano Banana, Topaz Labs, Suno, Veo 3.1 For this new episode, we explored the latest generative AI tools to create even more immersive sequences. 📚 Sources: The Plague in Tournai in 1349: Burial of plague victims / Procession of flagellants / Jews burned alive at the stake, in Gilles li Muisis, “Antiquitates Flandriae”, Miniatures, 14th century Triumph of Death, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1562 Plague epidemic in Florence, Decameron, 1348 Book of Hours for the use of Chalon, Healing of Saint Roch The Plague of Ashdod, by Nicolas Poussin, 1630 The Plague in Rome, by Jules Elie Delaunay, 1869 An illustration of the Black Death from the Toggenburg Bible, 1411 The dangerous smell of sickness, 15th century A burial, miniature from a Book of Hours for the use of of Paris, 1450-1460 Healing of a Leper, Vincent of Beauvais, Paris, 1463 Jews burned alive in 1349, miniature in Antiquitates Flandriae by Gilles Li Muisis, 14th century Pogrom of Strasbourg, by Émile Schweitzer, 1894 Death on a Pale Horse, by Gustave Doré, 1866 Souls purified in purgatory, Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, 1411-1486 Astronomical table with volvelle, in Dispositione Aeris, 14th century Protestant theologians working on Luther’s translation of the Bible, 1530 Venetian doctor during the time of the plague, Jan van Grevenbroeck, 18th century Giovanni Boccaccio, fresco by Andrea del Castagno, 15th century Council Held by Rats, by Gustave Doré, 1867 The Dance of Death, fresco in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Hrastovlje (Slovenia), 1490 History of Medicine, fresco, Florence, 15th century Autopsy, Book of the Properties of Things, Bartholomew the Englishman, 15th century Saint Sebastian Interceding for the Plague Victims, Josse Lieferinxe, 1497 The Great Plague of London, engraving by J. Jellicoe and H. Raillon Scene of the Plague of 1720. The Chevalier Roze at La Tourette, painting by Michel Serre. - View of the Cours Belsunce during the plague of 1720 (Marseille), painting by Michel Serre, 1721 Lorenzo the Magnificent, his father Piero, and his uncle Cosimo the Elder in the Procession of the Magi, by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1459-1464 🔔 To make sure you don't miss any Brut videos, subscribe and turn on notifications:    / @brutfr