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The Black Death

All ages 5+

Tuesday 24 October | Drop in: 11.00am-4.00pm

Come and meet a medieval doctor and plague victim, as they take you on a dark and macabre journey back to October 1348 and the arrival in London of the Great Pestilence, more commonly known as The Black Death. Find out how disease spread, what the symptoms were, public reaction, treatments and hysteria, mass graves and pilgrimage.

Brought to life by Black Knight Historical.

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Come and meet a medieval doctor and plague victim, as they take you on a dark and macabre journey back to October 1348 and the arrival in London of the Great Pestilence, more commonly known as The Black Death. Find out how disease spread, what the symptoms were, public reaction, treatments and hysteria, mass graves and pilgrimage.

Brought to life by Black Knight Historical.

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