Study Suggests Plague Reached Britain Earlier Than Thought - Medievalists.net

Plague likely reached Britain independently via trade routes, not just overland from the Mediterranean, as suggested by recent findings at Edix Hill.

Potentially, the disease struck Britain multiple times, contrary to previous beliefs that it was a singular occurrence tied to one major outbreak.

There was significant contact between Britain and the post-Roman world, raising the possibility that various interactions contributed to the spread of the plague.

Past historians focused on luxury good trade routes for plague origins, but new evidence supports the idea of separate northern pathways influencing disease spread.

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