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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Page 68
... Germany since there is virtually no evidence from the rural hinterlands dominated by the Hansa . Nevertheless , urban data suggest a figure of 25 % to 30 % . Other parts of Germany suffered less . In Alsace , Lorraine , and Bohemia ...
... Germany since there is virtually no evidence from the rural hinterlands dominated by the Hansa . Nevertheless , urban data suggest a figure of 25 % to 30 % . Other parts of Germany suffered less . In Alsace , Lorraine , and Bohemia ...
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... Germany . Flagellism was not peculiar to Germany or the mid - fourteenth cen- tury . It appeared late in the tenth century at the approach of the millenium ( the thousand - year anniversary of the birth of Christ ) , the time at which ...
... Germany . Flagellism was not peculiar to Germany or the mid - fourteenth cen- tury . It appeared late in the tenth century at the approach of the millenium ( the thousand - year anniversary of the birth of Christ ) , the time at which ...
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... Germany where climate per- mitted , viticulture was extended , greater demand for wines being still another aspect of rising standards of living . In parts of the Mediterra- nean Basin , sugar and fruits were raised . In the North ...
... Germany where climate per- mitted , viticulture was extended , greater demand for wines being still another aspect of rising standards of living . In parts of the Mediterra- nean Basin , sugar and fruits were raised . In the North ...
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A Natural History of Plague | 1 |
The European Environment 10501347 | 16 |
The Plagues Beginnings | 33 |
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