Podcast
The Historic Preservationist
Hosted by Gregg Perry · EN
Conservation scholar Gregg Perry will lead us back into time on a journey of restoring and conserving 17th -19th century period architecture furnishings and timepieces.
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Episode. 1044. Black Death, Rumors and Arrival.
2w ago00:24:04Tap to summarizeWith a proper understanding on how plagues spread, early individuals unknowingly helped propagate the pandemic.
Transcribe →Episode. 1043. Black Death, It’s Unlikely Use.
2w ago00:11:28Tap to summarizeAt times the Black Death was used to weaponize the plagues, using dead victims to infect others.
Transcribe →Episode. 1042. Black Death, The Plagues That Comprise It.
2w ago00:13:31Tap to summarizeBlack Death can be triggered or comprised of various plagues .
Transcribe →Episode. 1041. Black Death, The First Pandemics.
3w ago00:11:11Tap to summarizeThree major pandemics have rocked the globe, the Justinian Plague, The Black Death and The Bubonic Plague from China. Today modern travel makes plagues much easier to spread.
Transcribe →Episode. 1040. Black Death Introduction.
3w ago00:05:22Tap to summarizeThe first great plague since the fall of the Roman Empire, fleas carried it killing a third of Europe.
Transcribe →Episode. 1039. The Industrial Revolution, Effects of the Transformation.
3w ago00:38:37Tap to summarizeFrom women’s rights to a quickening of everyday society, the industrial revolution created the modern world as we know it today.
Transcribe →Episode. 1038. Life in Colonial Times, Flax Culture and Spinning.
4w ago00:28:08Tap to summarizeAlmost every female adult and child capable would use a spinning wheel to produce thread and fabric and then cream clothing for the family and the colonial military at the time of the revolution.
Transcribe →Episode. 1037. Life in Colonial Times, Meat and Drink.
4w ago00:31:25Tap to summarizeColonists learned what they could eat and drink as time went on, spices , many root vegetables, apples and pears, ale and hard cider
Transcribe →Episode. 1035. Life in Colonial Times, Indian Corn.
4w ago00:23:09Tap to summarizeThe native Americans schooled the early colonists down the coast how to grow, and what type of dishes to make with corn.
Transcribe →Episode. 1034. Life in Colonial Times, Food From Forrest and Sea.
4w ago00:28:42Tap to summarizeEarly colonists arriving in the new world did not find riches in the earth such as metals, but riches of plenty food, roaming animals, nuts, tree sap, fields for crops and fish and shellfish in the sea and rivers.
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