Black Death: medieval manuscript reveals who survived and how

An exceptional medieval document discovered during analysis of palimpsest parchments sheds light on survival mysteries during the Black Death.

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Benedictine monks from a Swiss abbey allowed researchers to examine ancient scraped and reused texts, revealing information hidden for centuries.

These discoveries enable historians to better understand the mechanisms of resistance to the medieval pandemic and the profiles of survivors.

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