At least we won’t have to queue at the job centre when this is over. Toggenburg Bible

No, the Black Death did not create more jobs for women

The plague known as the Black Death which tore through 14th century Europe is traditionally held to have had at least one upside. Women, the theory runs, were able to exploit the labour shortages of post-plague…

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