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Welcome to the History Extra podcast. It's the third and final installment today of our Sunday series on The Black Death, as

Emily Briffitt is joined once again by historian Thomas Asbridge, whose latest book is The Black

Death, A Global History, to discuss this devastating pandemic and its consequences.

When the first wave of the Black Death finally subsided, just how different was the world it left behind? How did societies

adapt in the decades that followed? And what lessons did this medieval catastrophe hold for the

centuries that followed? I'm Emily Briffitts and I'm joined by historian Thomas Asbridge.

In this third and final episode, we'll be covering

the long shadow of the black death, examining how it transformed economies, beliefs and everyday life,

and how its legacy continues to shape our understanding of the past. Hi Thomas, welcome back to this,

the final episode of our three-part

series. Thanks for having me on. So in our last two episodes, we've spoken about the sense of

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