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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... Siena , 30 miles south of Flor- ence , was one of Europe's most important banking centers . " The chronicler Agnolo di Tura ( The Fat ) wrote a vivid description of the Black Death : The mortality in Siena began in May . It was a cruel ...
... Siena , 30 miles south of Flor- ence , was one of Europe's most important banking centers . " The chronicler Agnolo di Tura ( The Fat ) wrote a vivid description of the Black Death : The mortality in Siena began in May . It was a cruel ...
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... Siena and Bury St. Edmunds , and the kingdom of France - illustrate the variety of responses . " Siena lost over half its people during the Black Death , and its bureaucracy suffered accordingly . Experienced workers were in such short ...
... Siena and Bury St. Edmunds , and the kingdom of France - illustrate the variety of responses . " Siena lost over half its people during the Black Death , and its bureaucracy suffered accordingly . Experienced workers were in such short ...
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... Siena . There was an increase in violence and crime . Much was part of the general increase in crime which accompanied the de- cay of the trifunctional system , but in Siena there were special causes . Some of the crime was the result ...
... Siena . There was an increase in violence and crime . Much was part of the general increase in crime which accompanied the de- cay of the trifunctional system , but in Siena there were special causes . Some of the crime was the result ...
Contents
A Natural History of Plague | 1 |
The European Environment 10501347 | 16 |
The Plagues Beginnings | 33 |
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