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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... Mediterranean Basin . As a result , as William McNeill has argued , there was a general con- fluence of Eurasian and African disease pools which , by the sixth century A.D. , brought to the Mediterranean Basin most of the impor- tant ...
... Mediterranean Basin . As a result , as William McNeill has argued , there was a general con- fluence of Eurasian and African disease pools which , by the sixth century A.D. , brought to the Mediterranean Basin most of the impor- tant ...
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... Mediterranean Basin . 8 There are many implausible aspects to this traditional account . The first concerns the source , the Piacenzan chronicler , Gabriele de Mussis . He did not leave his home in Italy during the Black Death and seems ...
... Mediterranean Basin . 8 There are many implausible aspects to this traditional account . The first concerns the source , the Piacenzan chronicler , Gabriele de Mussis . He did not leave his home in Italy during the Black Death and seems ...
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... Mediterranean Basin , it prospered right up to the onset of the Black Death . It had a preplague population of 120,000 to 150,000 . Venice's prosperity was based on commercial success , par- ticularly its dominance over trade in the ...
... Mediterranean Basin , it prospered right up to the onset of the Black Death . It had a preplague population of 120,000 to 150,000 . Venice's prosperity was based on commercial success , par- ticularly its dominance over trade in the ...
Contents
A Natural History of Plague | 1 |
The European Environment 10501347 | 16 |
The Plagues Beginnings | 33 |
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