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What a list of Black Death survivors reveals about the way people recovered from plague

What a list of Black Death survivors reveals about the way people recovered from plague

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What a list of Black Death survivors reveals about the way people recovered from plague

The Dance of Death by John of Kastav (1490). National Gallery of Slovenia Alex Brown, Durham University and…

May 18, 2026