The Black Death: Natural and Human Disaster in Medieval EuropeRobert S. Gottfried is Professor of History and Director of Medieval Studies at Rutgers University. Among his other books is "Epidemic Disease in Fifteenth Century England." |
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... Europe's disease pool was stable . Smallpox , measles , malaria , leprosy , and a few other diseases had established a tentative equilibrium within Europe's population . Plague , the greatest epidemic killer , had disappeared . But , in ...
... Europe's disease pool was stable . Smallpox , measles , malaria , leprosy , and a few other diseases had established a tentative equilibrium within Europe's population . Plague , the greatest epidemic killer , had disappeared . But , in ...
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... Europe's economic balance . Land , the source of aristocratic economic power , lost much of its value . An increasingly larger portion of Europe's wealth , albeit still a minor share , came from trade and industry , and could be tapped ...
... Europe's economic balance . Land , the source of aristocratic economic power , lost much of its value . An increasingly larger portion of Europe's wealth , albeit still a minor share , came from trade and industry , and could be tapped ...
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... Europe's intellectual community was in de- cline before the plague , which served to accelerate this " flight from the intellect . " The flight from the intellect can be seen in many ways . One was the trend toward millenialism among ...
... Europe's intellectual community was in de- cline before the plague , which served to accelerate this " flight from the intellect . " The flight from the intellect can be seen in many ways . One was the trend toward millenialism among ...
Contents
A Natural History of Plague | 1 |
The European Environment 10501347 | 16 |
The Plagues Beginnings | 33 |
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