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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... eastern Mediterranean : " The plague attacked almost all the seacoasts of the world and killed most of their people . For it swept not only through Pontus , Thrace and Macedonia , but even Greece , Italy and all the is- lands , Egypt ...
... eastern Mediterranean : " The plague attacked almost all the seacoasts of the world and killed most of their people . For it swept not only through Pontus , Thrace and Macedonia , but even Greece , Italy and all the is- lands , Egypt ...
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... eastern fringe of German - speaking Europe , did not get the plague until January 1351 , and it is unlikely that any ... eastern Europe were probably between 20 % and 25 % . Scholars have suggested a number of reasons for eastern ...
... eastern fringe of German - speaking Europe , did not get the plague until January 1351 , and it is unlikely that any ... eastern Europe were probably between 20 % and 25 % . Scholars have suggested a number of reasons for eastern ...
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... Eastern lords used force to keep their peasants in place . With- out kings to appeal to for aid , or towns to flee to as an alternative , eastern European peasants lacked the resources and mobility of their counterparts in the West ...
... Eastern lords used force to keep their peasants in place . With- out kings to appeal to for aid , or towns to flee to as an alternative , eastern European peasants lacked the resources and mobility of their counterparts in the West ...
Contents
A Natural History of Plague | 1 |
The European Environment 10501347 | 16 |
The Plagues Beginnings | 33 |
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