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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... believed that the clerics and aristocrats who competed with the king for power were not making a serious ef- fort to secure Jean's return . A curious phenomenon of the postplague revolts was the enthusiasm the rebels displayed for their ...
... believed that the clerics and aristocrats who competed with the king for power were not making a serious ef- fort to secure Jean's return . A curious phenomenon of the postplague revolts was the enthusiasm the rebels displayed for their ...
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... believed to be a warm and humid planet , dominated by earth and water . Mars , being excessively hot and dry , set those elements aflame . No one was quite sure what Saturn had or did , but most experts felt that its com- bination with ...
... believed to be a warm and humid planet , dominated by earth and water . Mars , being excessively hot and dry , set those elements aflame . No one was quite sure what Saturn had or did , but most experts felt that its com- bination with ...
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... believed that pain and the appearance of buboes revealed where the body was being attacked and they began treatment at that point . Beyond purgatives , bleeding , and the latter's allied treatments , cautery and cupping , there was ...
... believed that pain and the appearance of buboes revealed where the body was being attacked and they began treatment at that point . Beyond purgatives , bleeding , and the latter's allied treatments , cautery and cupping , there was ...
Contents
A Natural History of Plague | 1 |
The European Environment 10501347 | 16 |
The Plagues Beginnings | 33 |
Copyright | |
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