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This video is about the harsh realities of medieval life and the person who dealt with its most unpleasant aspects – the rat-catcher. It describes a world filled with filth, disease, and constant infestation by rats, mice, fleas, and other pests. This wasn't just a nuisance, but a threat to survival, as pests contaminated food and spread deadly diseases. The rat-catcher was a necessary but despised figure, an outcast who lived on the fringes of society and used brutal methods like traps and poison to control the vermin. They were often desperate people themselves, chosen by circumstance rather than preference, and their work marked them as outsiders, feared and avoided by most.