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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... close together and had little privacy . Surrounding the villages were the fields , pastures , and woodlands from which most people squeezed their subsistence . By 1250 or so , field and pasture had come to dominate Europe's landscape ...
... close together and had little privacy . Surrounding the villages were the fields , pastures , and woodlands from which most people squeezed their subsistence . By 1250 or so , field and pasture had come to dominate Europe's landscape ...
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... close . From 1150/1200 to 1300/1350 , it got colder and wetter . The Alpine glaciers Fernau , Vernagt , Aletsch , and Grindelwald all advanced for the first time since the eighth century , with the tree line retreating in their path ...
... close . From 1150/1200 to 1300/1350 , it got colder and wetter . The Alpine glaciers Fernau , Vernagt , Aletsch , and Grindelwald all advanced for the first time since the eighth century , with the tree line retreating in their path ...
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... close to 600 people a day . In March , Doge Andrea Dandolo and the Great Council established a sophisticated quarantine and prevention system . Certain barges were designated to ferry victims to special is- lands in the lagoon , and all ...
... close to 600 people a day . In March , Doge Andrea Dandolo and the Great Council established a sophisticated quarantine and prevention system . Certain barges were designated to ferry victims to special is- lands in the lagoon , and all ...
Contents
A Natural History of Plague | 1 |
The European Environment 10501347 | 16 |
The Plagues Beginnings | 33 |
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