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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... early thirteenth cen- tury , it was possible to attract investors to ventures because profits were very high and the risks were comparatively low . Parts of Europe , especially the towns of Flanders and Tuscany , even developed quasi ...
... early thirteenth cen- tury , it was possible to attract investors to ventures because profits were very high and the risks were comparatively low . Parts of Europe , especially the towns of Flanders and Tuscany , even developed quasi ...
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... early thirteenth centuries , assarting meant that people could marry earlier , hence raising fertility rates . By 1250 , land was harder to get . But most scholars believe that relatively early ages of first marriage , prob- ably in the ...
... early thirteenth centuries , assarting meant that people could marry earlier , hence raising fertility rates . By 1250 , land was harder to get . But most scholars believe that relatively early ages of first marriage , prob- ably in the ...
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... Early Middle Ages , " in Biology of Man in History , ed . Forster & Ranum . Saul N. Brody's The Disease of the Soul : Leprosy in Me- dieval Literature is a model study of a particular disease . Two summaries of climatology are : E ...
... Early Middle Ages , " in Biology of Man in History , ed . Forster & Ranum . Saul N. Brody's The Disease of the Soul : Leprosy in Me- dieval Literature is a model study of a particular disease . Two summaries of climatology are : E ...
Contents
A Natural History of Plague | 1 |
The European Environment 10501347 | 16 |
The Plagues Beginnings | 33 |
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