It was the Gerbils what did it, Guv!

The Rats were innocent!

Gerbils

See: http://www.smh.com.au/world/have-we-been-wrongly-blaming-rats-for-the-black-death-for-eight-centuries-maybe-it-was-gerbils-20150224-13nvoe.html

And: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerbil

About Schütz

I am a PhD candidate & sessional academic at Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, Australia. After almost 10 years in ministry as a Lutheran pastor, I was received into the Catholic Church in 2003. I worked for the Archdiocese of Melbourne for 18 years in Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations. I have been editor of Gesher for the Council of Christians & Jews and am guest editor of the historical journal “Footprints”. I have a passion for pilgrimage and pioneered the MacKillop Woods Way.
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2 Responses to It was the Gerbils what did it, Guv!

  1. matthias says:

    Christopher Wills and English biologist,in his book BLACK GODDESS YELLOW FEVER went to india after the last outbreak of Bubonic plague there and in interviewing many of the doctors involved came across several who doubted that it was the PLAGUE. However he noted that there was reports of dead rats and cats -often a sign of plague.

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