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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... killed many individual artists and , in some cases , entire schools or guilds of painters , sculptors , and masons who had been in- spired by similar themes and hence worked together . This not only eliminated some of Europe's greatest ...
... killed many individual artists and , in some cases , entire schools or guilds of painters , sculptors , and masons who had been in- spired by similar themes and hence worked together . This not only eliminated some of Europe's greatest ...
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... killed . Mortality varied from region to region , but a national esti- mate of 20 % for England seems reasonable ; in Europe , the pestis se- cunda must have killed between 10 % and 20 % of the total popula- tion . The shock of the ...
... killed . Mortality varied from region to region , but a national esti- mate of 20 % for England seems reasonable ; in Europe , the pestis se- cunda must have killed between 10 % and 20 % of the total popula- tion . The shock of the ...
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... killing dis- ease . Such was the case in 1918-20 , when the Spanish Flu killed more people than the battles and privations of World War I ; such also was the case in the flu epidemic of 1426-27 , which swept throughout Spain , France ...
... killing dis- ease . Such was the case in 1918-20 , when the Spanish Flu killed more people than the battles and privations of World War I ; such also was the case in the flu epidemic of 1426-27 , which swept throughout Spain , France ...
Contents
A Natural History of Plague | 1 |
The European Environment 10501347 | 16 |
The Plagues Beginnings | 33 |
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