#black death

[cecilias-cool-stuff]

Never stop hating

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

[facts-i-just-made-up]

A second disease decimated Europe shortly after the Black Death, but it’s little known in history as it was deemed to have been mere plaguerism.

[medievalistsnet]

Volcanic Eruption Set the Stage for the Black Death, Researchers Find

A major volcanic eruption in 1345 triggered climate shocks, famine, and grain trade routes that helped bring the Black Death into Europe, new research shows.

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[charnel-grounds]

Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage | 1926 | dir. F.W. Murnau

Emil Jannings as Mephisto

[illustratus]

The Decameron, The Garden of the Villa by Theodor Baierl

[ur-folk]

As noted in a previous post regarding “Svartedauen” (1900) by Norwegian artist Theodor Kittelsen, the figure of Pesta – the personification of the Black Death - plays a central role in the series of drawings. She is featured either carrying a rake or a broom. The rake means few will survive and the broom signals total death for the community. In the above image Hoest, from the Norwegian black metal band Taake, draws on this symbolism by Kittelsen to underscore the dark worldview of the band. Above CD: “Helnorsk Svartmetall”