Carros con cadáveres, huérfanos sin consuelo y una ciudad partida en dos: la vida de Bernat, el escriba de la peste en Valencia

In 1348, a man named Bernat survived the Black Death in Valencia, Spain. He documented his experiences during the plague, providing a personal account of the societal collapse that occurred within the city as the epidemic spread.

Unlike formal medical treatises or official state chronicles of the era, Bernat’s writings offer a firsthand perspective on the human toll of the pandemic. His narrative details the presence of carts transporting the deceased, the plight of orphaned children, and the profound social fragmentation of a city divided by the crisis.