The Black Death: Did Humans Spread the Plague?
Was it the rats or the fleas? Was it us? Two professors discuss new views on how the Black Death spread and devastated the world.
Overview
Course No. 8252
This audio lecture features two experts debating:
- Challenging traditional rat-flea transmission theories
- New research on human-to-human plague spread
- Alternative explanations like hemorrhagic viruses
- Scientific versus historical perspectives
Audio Lecture
- The Black Death Transmission Debate (11 min)
Professors Armstrong and Fleury analyze competing theories of plague dissemination.

