Well people, this is the final installment on the History of the Black Death. Thank you everyone for being so patient! Wasn't expecting this one to be as long as it turned out. As always, please spread word about the podcast and post on social media if you can - its the only way a channel can grow. I'll be getting back to the Reconquista after this. However, if people are interested, I can also combine these three parts into an hour long video on the Plague. Finally, I'll be giving away my copy of John Kelly's "The Great Mortality" - check into my Facebook page in a day or so for more information on that. Until next time, stay safe everyone!

In the case of Norway, the Black Death ended up having quite monumental consequences. The plague wiped out Norway's already small nobility and resulted in most of the land being left abandon. The name Ødegård (abandoned farm) originate from this time period and is a common surname today (notably internationally, Real Madrid player Martin Ødegaard). The people who moved in to the abandoned farms were commoners, leaving Norway with a large class of free peasants. Shortly after the plague, the crowns of Norway, Denmark and Sweden were united through dynastic marriages. Norway would increasingly become a junior partner in the union with Denmark. The last vestiges of Norwegian independence were wiped out during the Reformation when the Danish king abolished the Norwegian council of state. This was the last instrument of power for the remaining Norwegian nobility. From then on, Norway was governed as a Danish province. The people actually doing the governing were Norwegian bureaucrats, usually from the emerging middle class as international trade increased. The result was the power in Norway rested in the hands of people of relatively low standing compared to the rest of Europe. This might be a contributing factor for the development of Norway's relatively egalitarian society today. The nobility was officially abolished in 1814 at the constitutional congress in Eidsvoll. The representatives of the Norwegian people at the congress were almost exclusively commoner landowners and members of the middle class (bureaucrats, merchants, craftsmen, etc.) So in conclusion, the Black Death may have been a contributing factor to the development of the modern Norwegian democracy.

"Unlike the grande armée or the wehrmacht it continued to move east" haha, touché

Those were some happy Scots until they got the plague. amazing work as always.

I just recently went and looked back into your older videos. I didn't know I liked podcasts. Thanks for the amazing content!

Great miniseries. It helped to alleviate my anxiety about current situation. And I thank you for that. I can't imagine living in a world where the term "basic hygiene" didn't exist at all much less practiced.

Some good would come of the miasma theory, as more 'experts' would think that the plague was caused by 'evil vapours' instead of stuffing their faces on latrines. London would get sewer systems as well as other cities in Europe. Also, plague at this point was airborne and airborne transmission happen way faster than fleas. One small correction- cats do indeed get infected with plague, and displays human like symptoms. As well as dogs, and a lot of rodents like squirrels, ferrets etc. They are all carriers of the disease.

"There's not worst way to go than the black death". Edward II: Meh...

Another excellent work Flash Point! Really appreciated!

This was a great series. Very sinister, by nature of the subject of course, but very intriguing. Outstanding work as always.

Extraordinary! Oh man, I saw the alert that this video was posted, but I was on working hours, darn it! I had to wait some hours to enjoy this great finish. Thank you, dude! Best documentary series!

Thanks for up loading this excellent series about the plague. It was excellent

Once again, amazing episode!! I was eagerly awaiting this third installment! Thank you for making this

I am in awe by the whole series. Gotta say great work. Got mad to youtube tho got this notification 2 days late. And and and above all congratulations on 50k subs. Hopefully the next 50k comes in couple months. You deserve much more, you do great historic topocs and many would say some of them are controversial. But I don't agree with that. Loving the content and can't wait for more

FANTASTIC !!! Great documentary ! Every aspect of it is great. 5 Stars +

Excellent short series and really enjoyed it but should note the Plague Doctor outfit well known to us first appeared in the 17th century and was not around during the 14th century "Black Death". It was used during plague outbreaks including other famous Bubonic plagues such as 1665 "Great Plague". I can only imagine the 1347-51 Bubonic plague as being the closest thing to Armageddon humanity has ever experienced in terms of living through. EDIT: As I see the content creator is very active in responding, I have seen others make my same comment and that you have made appropriate responses to them ^_^. Sorry for contributing to you having to probably answer the same point seemingly endlessly. Plus it's always a nice touch to explain the purpose behind the design.

Thank you for sharing and for being an excellent story teller as well. I look forward to your next adventure into history. One of the things I found fascinating is after that after the population decrease, the regrowth of Europe was quite a thing to read about. People are amazing.

As always a masterfull narrated and researched topic. 😎👍 Worth waiting every second for. Thank you for these series and hope you make new parts of the reconquista series soon. 🙏 Stay safe, stay healthy and keep doing what you do. KZfaq and the world need more quality like this. Also a big shootout to your co-contributers, massive thx to them too, well done👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Ps: 50K subs party very soon💪😉🎂🍻🎉

I watched all your videos from “la reconquista” and I enjoyed them so much! Thanks for all the work

Truly great work by u sir, thank u for this wonderful effort and dedication, am always enjoying everything u post.

Amazing! So insightful. Thank you very much for all your hard work. The result is really outstanding!

Such a pleasure to see your notification!

Great! I've been waiting for part 3

What a wonderful series about the plague! So many useful facts and the images are really useful in getting a good idea of what exactly was going on. Clearly Flash Point History is created by an awesome human being that gets the details of history right while presenting them in an engaging format! Learned so much!

This was wonderful, your documentary style is easy to follow and comprehensive. Please, do more of these on different subjects. PS.Loved the Star Trek reference.

Great documentary. Thank you. I enjoyed every part of it. There is something incredibly interesting about mass calamities.

Great vid, brilliant series. Thanks very much 👏👍😊

Split, Croatia was stuck with Plague epidemics 7 times from 1340s to as late as 1784. At times the town and surrounding area lost as much as 80% of population - must be some kind of a record I suppose...

And just like that it returned to where it came from, and oh! The devastation in its wake! To think that a third of Europe did not get to see all those goodies that followed the black death. It killed all it could kill and turned brother against brother. This series is a chilling one. Thank you! Thank you! No matter how many books I read on this disease, I would never have known what it was like without your video

Buenísimo como siempre! Muchas gracias por la calidad de tu trabajo

Right on ,you've made my night much better thank you.its 1:Am here in Zakho-iraq, it seems like you have been working harder thanks I have learned a lot from your anicent educational videos.

Great video your black death series has been phenomenal nice work

liked and commented before watching. man you're brilliant 👏

Perfect finale to a perfect trilogy keep up the good work pal.

That horrific icon of death wearing a mask during the black death looks awefully similar to someone in modern era wearing a gasmask. So weird.

I appreciate that the comments here are focused and haven’t turned to our current situation and inevitably political. You are all amazing. But you, Flash Point History, are as fantastic as your content. Thank you for making 60+ minutes of education that felt like 60 seconds. Your voice and delivery calm and focus my ADHD riddled brain.

Very enjoyable, detailed and well presented

Very interesting video series! Lots of details that I didn’t know. I’d love a series on the Spanish Influenza!

..BRAVO..!! Truly outstanding narration !! Thank You..!!!

Didn't you mention that it took nearly 200 years until the population regained its pre-black death level?

Boiii! Long awaited finally here! Let's GOOO!

Amazing video !

thanks for the video it was very helpful with my assignments it was interesting to learn new things

Excellent everything, my drama historian! Might we call you Dr. Dra, of the His-tor- ray? 💖😎

This was very informative, thank you. How about a History of the Black Death as experienced before Messina, Sicily?

That was amazing, fascinatingly factful thank you

Love your work but the series on black death is simply awesome.

So Poland did quite ok, and the plague moved on to Moscow, I wonder what happened to the Lithuanians and how they dealt with it

Excellent. Thank you.

This video was amazing! It seems impossible, but the videos keep improving despite the sustained superior products you create. I felt awful, but when you mentioned the the religious pilgrims whipping themselves, I couldn't help but think of Monty Python lol.

Absolutely magnificent production of this series, each episode a complete gem! Could there maybe also have been a connection with the climate at that time? For those "masters" that gathered and deducted a celestial connection, as much as their reasoning may be frowned upon in modern times, still could there have been some drastic change in the weather to lead to such a rise in the rat population, say abnormally high temperatures throughout this whole period? I would think rodents as vectors of the disease thrive in warmer conditions? A lot of lessons to be learnt here.

Nice vid. Can you do a Part IV where you also cover the cities and socities affected outside of Europe? The Golden Horde for example also was affected to such an extent that it actually stifled its ability to wage war against the Rus and gave the Russians the much needed space to finally free themselves from the Tartar yoke. What happened in the Middle East and Islamic kingdoms also during all this would be also interesting since it's estimated that a third died off in the Islamic world.

One could well say that a Phoenix rose from the Ashes! Europe went on to travel across and conquer/influence the world out of the ruins left by the Plague... What I hadn't realized earlier, the fact the Black Death struck literally all of Eurasia, and not just Europe!

Love your series (and podcast)! You didn't seem to mention that the plague continued to periodically reoccur for the next two centuries into at least the 1500s with fairly and some places very similar results, London in mid 1500s. Very curious what changed to finally end it? Cities continued to be crowded and filthy places well into the 1800s and beyond with no antibiotics.

Great series

great series :D

This was an amazing miniseries, I always knew the Black Death hit really hard, but these episodes showed me what an absolute juggernaut that thing was! Btw what's the "Malthusian deadlock" that guy mentioned?

Nice video ✌🏼

Love seeing that notification go off!

Outstanding doc with great insights!!!! On one hand, the Jewish persecution events during the Black Death was completely new to me. On the other hand, it was not at all surprising to learn that it happened.

Great series. In these times we can be so lucky to have more knowledge and less hot air. Sadly, human stupidity and greed will always perverse good intentions. We must do our parts to stay safe and stem the curve. We should not listen to fools bent on greed over medical experts that know their fields.

Man the way he shows these plague doctors gave me superhero vibes lol

Made my day! I LOVE THIS 🤣🤣🤣

Excellent presentation! Was fascinated to hear of the ‘treatments’. Drinking urine, bloodletting et al.... luckily they didn't have the means to inject bleach!

I wonder why is there always people who dislike such good contents 😓

haha! yes, I've been waiting for this...

If you want to do an out of way topic, I would love to see your personal take Roman Demise. Thank Ya!!!

Great content, next one will be The Great Plague of London ,from 1665 to 1666 ?

Ha, one of my other favourite historical you tubers (Shadiversity) also released a video on the Black Death just the other day too lol Great video mate! Keep it up..

Narrator: “unlike the Grande Armée and the Wehrmacht the plague continued to move east.” Charles XII: Why nobody remembers me I invaded Russia way before both the French and Germans and as a result like them my Empire was also destroyed lol.

Now we have more laboratories, offices, stretchers, gunneries, And more

Is it possible granada had better hygeine than castille? Nice silver lining at the end

4:50 My town of Beverley is on that map. Ghost stories galore!

Thanks for a great series. Edward ll...the original Pokemon character.

Doctors where so cool back then now they are afraid of apples

My son thinks the great mortality is a mortal combat finishing move

Hey boss

Friends, did you have access to any printed or digital version of the Compendium? If the answer is yes, would you mind sharing the link or the reference?

"Non-Plague-Victim Urine" - definitely an Album name, if that were still a thing.

This was a very detailed treatment of the Black Death. Very well done. You mentioned that the Kaliphate in Spain practically escaped the ravages. could you explain why? Could that be that Arabic medical science was more advanced than Europe in the middle ages?

We are living in the same situation as this nowadays,ladies and gents ..I hope we are all OK in the end.

I love that the plague masks look like a crow‘s beak. An animal that is attracted by dead meat to feast upon it. Kinda what the doctors did if you think about it. Gaining knowledge from those sentenced to death. Isn‘t knowledge the truest nourishment of all?

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An incredible parade of horrors.

And yet this response was still more competent than No. 10's response to Covid-19.

KZfaq is my plague doctor

Everyones gurkha until the plague comes at Caledonia

Based video

Finally came home back to Spain :D

Prioritise commerce over security and health issues in times of a Pandemic!.….sounds familiar to a Brit.

i guess even the deadliest of curses could also be a blessing

I like your Chanel. I think it is the best. But why when talking about Europe everybody forgot Balkans.

Imagine all the media coverage it would have if the same mortality of this plague would happen in modern times.

When you gonna do an epic on Napoleon

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Thanks. Have you discovered any more pandemic in Europe than Black Death? I ask this as I notice there were huge pandemic in Korea in 1670 and 1696-99 which killed more than 20% of their population resulting in the death of ca. 2 million.

What was the morality rate of North & South America and even Africa during the pandemics height and were they primarily spared as the continents were less developed at this time aka no direct " Silk Road" ?

Do holy roman empire series please

Confused. Thought Britain did the 'walling' up too. they would be locked in their house till they died, and they had a massively high death rate. In some cases they said it caused a higher death rate because families would be stuck in there with them and not allowed the chance to live. Don't think thats what helped the Italians or Romanians to have low death rates. Or am I missing something

First time I heard about lockdowns during BD in Poland..?