@zetina
But she's right. This is exactly how an invading army would think, deciding how much of its force to assign to guard supply routes. Merchants don't say "we'll put 20% of our men to guard duty"
@User1898
Thank you, that was an interesting read. I think I'm still more convinced by the conventional view, though. AFAIK, the consensus is that rats travelled somewhat unwillingly via ships. The black death did follow Genoese merchant routes pretty closely. As for the speed of its spread...
@User1898
It's not just a popular theory, it's widely established and without any real competition. Can you give more details on alternate theories? Because as far as I know, we have ample evidence that black death was caused by yersinia pestis, which is a bacteria still common in rat fleas in...
This has been a bit cloying as of late, at least for my taste. Literally chapter after chapter of nothing but people telling each other how much they care for one another. I miss the early chapters where it didn't have such a silly shojo vibe.