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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... body was poorly hidden in a shallow grave in the church cemetery , and Abbot John de Brinkeley soon discovered it ... bodies did not decompose . In the Early and High Middle Ages , peo- ple accepted the inevitability of death and ...
... body was poorly hidden in a shallow grave in the church cemetery , and Abbot John de Brinkeley soon discovered it ... bodies did not decompose . In the Early and High Middle Ages , peo- ple accepted the inevitability of death and ...
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... body had four humors - blood , phlegm , yellow bile , and black bile - which , in turn , were associated with particular organs . Blood came from the heart , phlegm from the brain , yellow bile from the liver , and black bile from the ...
... body had four humors - blood , phlegm , yellow bile , and black bile - which , in turn , were associated with particular organs . Blood came from the heart , phlegm from the brain , yellow bile from the liver , and black bile from the ...
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... body juices broke down , air stopped circulating , and eventually the victim died . The heart occupied the crucial posi- tion because the body's juices flowed from it . Accordingly , one effec- tive way to treat plague was to bleed ...
... body juices broke down , air stopped circulating , and eventually the victim died . The heart occupied the crucial posi- tion because the body's juices flowed from it . Accordingly , one effec- tive way to treat plague was to bleed ...
Contents
A Natural History of Plague | 1 |
The European Environment 10501347 | 16 |
The Plagues Beginnings | 33 |
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