‘Plague pits: how to find the black death in your back garden’

Join Professor Carenza Lewis for an archaeological Lunchtime Lecture

The Black Death is one of the most terrifying and significant events of Medieval Europe. The spread of the plague and its impact on settlements and their communities is a subject that has seen intense debate from scholars. Did large swathes of the country become depopulated, villages deserted and the economy collapse? Or was the impact on a more modest scale, with the country quickly recovering? Professor Carenza Lewis will be speaking about her innovative projects in East Anglia and Lincolnshire to use community archaeology to explore both the individual stories of villages, and how these can be used to construct a wider picture of both the impact of and the recovery from the Black Death.

Carenza Lewis is Professor for the Public Understanding of Research at the University of Lincoln.

This talk is part of our ongoing 'Lunchtime Lectures' series. It will be held in the auditorium at The Collection, starting at 12.30 and lasting for approximately 30 minutes.

Tickets cost £3 per person, available from the museum reception desk.