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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... followed by an enlargement of the lymph nodes in the armpits , groin , or neck , depending on the place of the flea bite . Next , subcutaneous hemorrhaging occurs , causing the purplish blotches called buboes , from which bubonic plague ...
... followed by an enlargement of the lymph nodes in the armpits , groin , or neck , depending on the place of the flea bite . Next , subcutaneous hemorrhaging occurs , causing the purplish blotches called buboes , from which bubonic plague ...
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... followed by one in the North in 1379 , one in the Mid- lands in 1381-82 , one in East Anglia , Essex , and Kent in 1383 and 1387 , and two severe national epidemics with mortality of more than 10 % each in 1390 and 1399-1400 . There was ...
... followed by one in the North in 1379 , one in the Mid- lands in 1381-82 , one in East Anglia , Essex , and Kent in 1383 and 1387 , and two severe national epidemics with mortality of more than 10 % each in 1390 and 1399-1400 . There was ...
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... followed . Again , England provides a good example . In the 1430s , plague entered a shorter frequency cycle . In 1431 , all of eastern England from Kent north to Lincolnshire and west to Hampshire was stricken . This was passed in ...
... followed . Again , England provides a good example . In the 1430s , plague entered a shorter frequency cycle . In 1431 , all of eastern England from Kent north to Lincolnshire and west to Hampshire was stricken . This was passed in ...
Contents
A Natural History of Plague | 1 |
The European Environment 10501347 | 16 |
The Plagues Beginnings | 33 |
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