tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post6356367221392389769..comments2024-03-28T11:21:27.208+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: 1349Yorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-25907919925047663042022-01-12T11:50:51.411+00:002022-01-12T11:50:51.411+00:00Really? You didn't study it in school? We lear...Really? You didn't study it in school? We learned about the Black Death in our history classes. (And in literature too, where appropriate -- as in Daniel Defoe's "Journal of the Plague Year.")Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-4528694294368814342022-01-11T22:31:29.317+00:002022-01-11T22:31:29.317+00:00I'm thinking that if (when?) our hospitals are...I'm thinking that if (when?) our hospitals are overrun that it may become a bit like the Black Plague. I read a fiction book about the time and it was sobering. Geraldine Brooks was the author; I can't remember the title. Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17197599882756386184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-32944877468744909892022-01-11T20:56:24.871+00:002022-01-11T20:56:24.871+00:00National Geographic Magazine had an excellent issu...National Geographic Magazine had an excellent issue that discussed and compared all the major pandemics throughout history, including more than one outbreak of the Black Plague. I've always thought it was a fascinating subject. In a similar vein (touching on far more than just plagues), you might be interested in the book The End is Always Near by Dan Carlin. Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859017153454691633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-17669708270632868352022-01-11T14:57:31.834+00:002022-01-11T14:57:31.834+00:00I am sorry. An extra 0 hopped in there.I am sorry. An extra 0 hopped in there.Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-25885075480209761152022-01-11T14:41:41.051+00:002022-01-11T14:41:41.051+00:00What an amazing co-incidence Ed!What an amazing co-incidence Ed!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-47233238765288379072022-01-11T14:33:32.021+00:002022-01-11T14:33:32.021+00:00I guess you are right but we can ponder.I guess you are right but we can ponder.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-40318803854572580372022-01-11T14:33:03.138+00:002022-01-11T14:33:03.138+00:00Nowhere near 500 million died from the so-called S...Nowhere near 500 million died from the so-called Spanish flu. Even 40 million would, I believe, represent an over-estimate. America is creeping to a figure of a million deaths from COVID - currently 861,366 - similar to the entire population of San Francisco.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-25301138577105730202022-01-11T14:26:46.954+00:002022-01-11T14:26:46.954+00:00Perhaps in the future, people will not need to wip...Perhaps in the future, people will not need to wipe their bottoms.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-75734451263347621442022-01-11T14:25:35.370+00:002022-01-11T14:25:35.370+00:00Just last night my oldest presented me with her pr...Just last night my oldest presented me with her presentation on this very subject which she will be presenting today in school. I was amazed at how little I knew about the subject and the devastation it left behind.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-71409633511806875292022-01-11T14:25:30.343+00:002022-01-11T14:25:30.343+00:00Mind boggling.Mind boggling.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-51482606809588146392022-01-11T14:24:51.001+00:002022-01-11T14:24:51.001+00:00I beg to differ Dave. In 1991 it was estimated tha...I beg to differ Dave. In 1991 it was estimated that 25 to 39 million people died from the so-called Spanish flu but this was WORLDWIDE. At the height of The Black Death 25 million died in Europe alone and they continued to die in outbreaks that continued for the next three hundred years. WORLDWIDE it is estimated that up to 200 million died from The Black Death.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-84828534063731405102022-01-11T14:03:27.302+00:002022-01-11T14:03:27.302+00:00Impossible to imagine. Impossible to imagine. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-43105305195215972062022-01-11T13:49:01.128+00:002022-01-11T13:49:01.128+00:00The numbers are staggering. Probably the stupidest...The numbers are staggering. Probably the stupidest comment I've heard about the current pandemic was this: "only" 5 million people have died of the covid world wide. 500 million died during the Spanish flu pandemic, trying to minimize the dangers of covid. You can stop them dead in their tracks by simply saying, "You DO understand that in 1917, antibiotics had not yet been discovered." The 1300s had so little scientific understanding that the death toll is shocking but not surprising. It really does shock me that people are so willing to reject science and return to the thinking of the dark ages. Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-4286033828808719142022-01-11T12:51:55.057+00:002022-01-11T12:51:55.057+00:00Few people could read or write in 1349, so there w...Few people could read or write in 1349, so there would not be the wealth of personal information we would see today. Official documentation would be supplied by those who had some form of education, the Clergy being those nearest to the people, and would be limited to births, deaths and marriages in the Church register.<br />I studied Social and Economic History at GCE A Level, but can't recall learning much about the Black Death either. Mostly it was about the devastating effect it had on decimating populations throughout the then known world. <br />One thing is certain - for future historians there will be no shortage of even the most trivial information about our lives in the time of Covd-19! Will they shake their heads in amazement at the supermarket battles over toilet paper - then search to find out what the heck it is!Coppa's girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459503600694841117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-14363565662160987252022-01-11T12:45:38.563+00:002022-01-11T12:45:38.563+00:00It must have been very frightening -they didn'...It must have been very frightening -they didn't have the scientific knowledge back then and no idea of how to halt it or cure itADDYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01018958238940897902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-49540166735027219712022-01-11T11:20:01.273+00:002022-01-11T11:20:01.273+00:00The Spanish flu death rate was far worse. Even th...The Spanish flu death rate was far worse. Even these figures people don't agree on the death statistics saying it could be between 25 and 100 million.northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-20675761707349389522022-01-11T10:59:02.279+00:002022-01-11T10:59:02.279+00:00Sounds like Boris Johnson's campaign slogan.Sounds like Boris Johnson's campaign slogan.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-45644852455799073382022-01-11T10:58:04.779+00:002022-01-11T10:58:04.779+00:00Some would have thought that God was punishing the...Some would have thought that God was punishing them for their sins.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-69793767945496058472022-01-11T10:57:03.213+00:002022-01-11T10:57:03.213+00:00As I say - in 1348, the population of England was ...As I say - in 1348, the population of England was about 4.8 million. Now it is something like 58 million. I think that Germany was especially hard hit by The Black Death.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-41897879653137803202022-01-11T10:54:15.273+00:002022-01-11T10:54:15.273+00:00Your speculations are similar to mine.Your speculations are similar to mine.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-40785282903107548762022-01-11T10:53:29.919+00:002022-01-11T10:53:29.919+00:00I chose 1349 as it was the year in which The Black...I chose 1349 as it was the year in which The Black Death really took hold.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-2797682852769310082022-01-11T10:52:45.096+00:002022-01-11T10:52:45.096+00:00I wonder why I heard nothing about The Black Death...I wonder why I heard nothing about The Black Death in school history lessons.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-44696623212626441272022-01-11T10:51:47.109+00:002022-01-11T10:51:47.109+00:00Who knows? Thank God we do not live in 1349.Who knows? Thank God we do not live in 1349.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-37229898112121583442022-01-11T08:51:42.128+00:002022-01-11T08:51:42.128+00:00Fascinating but horrific.Fascinating but horrific.JayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-88918058413260796202022-01-11T07:53:04.137+00:002022-01-11T07:53:04.137+00:00Without 'This is the BBC London calling', ...Without 'This is the BBC London calling', I wonder how much people knew about the virus in advance? I suspect nothing for most. Suddenly people were dying and no one knew why. I had not heard the death figures before. Remarkable. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com