Black death - human flea's role?

Very good article on the Black Death reported on Britarch - it has a useful summary of the various viewpoints very well. It concludes that there were indeed some differences from the 19th Century bubonic plague - mainly in how virulent it was and comes to the conclusion that this is because the plague was spread by the human flea.
 
The Shifting Explanations for the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague in Human History
By John Kelly
 
 
 

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