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Description: It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's that the Middle Ages were magic. Thank you Patron deathlings, who make this all possible! patreon.com/thegooddeath ***WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW OUR MOVEMENT*** Join our community of deathlings and support Ask a Mortician: patreon.com/thegooddeath Support the education and advocacy efforts of The Order of the Good Death: bit.ly/3iaz9jN Shop our advocacy wear: the-order-of-the-good-death.myshopify.com ***MORE DEATH CONTENT & RESOURCES*** Books: caitlindoughty.com/books MORTAL course: mortalcourse.com Our podcast on iTunes: apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Google Play: bit.ly/2AdEvoj The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, updates, and more: orderofthegooddeath.com ***SOCIALS*** Order Instagram: instagram.com/ordergooddeath Caitlin Instagram: instagram.com/thegooddeath Order Twitter: twitter.com/OrderGoodDeath ***CREDITS*** Mortician: Caitlin Doughty Producer and Writer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Andy Windak ***SELECTED SOURCES & ADDITIONAL READING*** "Biological Warfare at the 1346 Siege of Caffa" researchgate.net/publication/11193051_Biological_Warfare_at_the_1346_Siege_of_Caffa "History of biological warfare and bioterrorism" Clinical Microbiology and Infection, Volume 20, Issue 6, June 2014, Pages 497-502 sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1198743X14641744 "Catapulted Death: Can a Flying Corpse Distribute the Plague?" montana.edu/historybug/yersiniaessays/broughton.html "Introduction to Weapons of Mass Destruction: Radiological, Chemical, and Biological" R. Everett Langford. John Wiley & Sons Inc., Feb 19, 2004. "Meet the Trebuchet, the Castle-crushing Catapult of the Middle Ages" history.howstuffworks.com/european-history/trebuchet.htm John Wiley & Sons, Feb 19, 2004