Infectious Diseases Show Societies Who They Really Are

Miniature by Pierart dou Tielt illustrating the Tractatus quartus bu Gilles li Muisit (Tournai, c. 1353). The people of Tournai bury victims of the Black Death.
( Pierart dou Tielt (fl. 1340-1360) / Wikimedia Commons )
( Pierart dou Tielt (fl. 1340-1360) / Wikimedia Commons )
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