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Food

68. Antoine Parmentier & The History of the Potato

Painting of burning pirate ships

Crime

63. Jeanne de Clisson and the Black Fleet

A tin of madeleines dusted with powdered sugar

Food

60. The History of Madeleines

Nuns at the Hotel Dieu care for Black Death patients

Architecture

50. Notre Dame, Part 3: The Black Death

Food

49. Notre Dame, Part 2

Medieval Notre Dame

Architecture

48. Notre Dame, Part 1

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