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A Goodly Sum – The Renaissance #240
The King of France issues a royal edict blaming the lepers for poisoning the wells…. conveniently leaving out the Jews, who had just paid him 150,000 livres -…
The Tall Dark Man with a Scimitar – The Renaissance #239
We're still talking about the Great Leper Scare of 1321 and now we're deep into the trials. We've got lepers across France being rounded up, tortured into confessions,…
POISON IN THE WELL – The Renaissance #238 (The Witches Part 2)
We're still talking about the Great Leper Scare of 1321 – where lepers, Jews, Muslims, and the devil himself are allegedly conspiring to poison the wells and topple…
Burn the Lepers – The Renaissance #237
We are taking a break from Michelangelo to talk about lepers, Jews and… WITCHES! Today we start with the 1321 leper panic in France, where thousands of people…