Tonight we stay with one household in a medieval city as the Black Death moves through the streets - chalked doors, thinning markets, bells, care of the sick, quarantine watch, flight or stay, quiet neighbors, scarcity, and what it meant to try to live through it. Slow, quiet, and long enough to fall asleep to.

Let me know where in the world you are listening from. If you drift off before the end, that is alright. The night will still be there in the morning.

0:00 Chapter 1: The Mark on the Door
22:31 Chapter 2: The Household Gathers
41:03 Chapter 3: Market Thinning
56:08 Chapter 4: Bells and Processions
1:09:46 Chapter 5: Care of the Sick
1:24:34 Chapter 6: Quarantine, Chalk, and Watch
1:38:04 Chapter 7: Flight or Stay
1:51:31 Chapter 8: Neighbors Gone Quiet
2:02:57 Chapter 9: Food and Water Scarcity
2:13:41 Chapter 10: Parish from Below
2:24:12 Chapter 11: Doctors, Barbers, Remedies
2:33:44 Chapter 12: Burial from a Distance
2:43:10 Chapter 13: Children in the House
2:52:31 Chapter 14: Work Continues or Stops
3:02:12 Chapter 15: Rumors and Blame
3:11:39 Chapter 16: When the Wave Softens
3:20:34 Chapter 17: How We Know
3:29:58 Chapter 18: What Remains
3:38:43 Chapter 19: Close / Sleep

The Mytharium is an entertainment channel. We aim for the standard history and myth cycles, but this is not a textbook and it is not for exams. Sources can conflict. If you spot an error, leave it in the comments.

Sleep well.

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