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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Page 50
... mortality . Between February and May , up to 400 people a day died . In one six - week period , 11,000 people were buried in a single graveyard , at least 1 out of every 3 cardinals died , and total mortality probably exceeded 50 ...
... mortality . Between February and May , up to 400 people a day died . In one six - week period , 11,000 people were buried in a single graveyard , at least 1 out of every 3 cardinals died , and total mortality probably exceeded 50 ...
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... mortality among the theology faculty puts the death toll at less than 10 % , but this is probably because so many of the dons fled . " Mortality among theol- ogy students , despite flight , was close to 30 % , and it was between 35 ...
... mortality among the theology faculty puts the death toll at less than 10 % , but this is probably because so many of the dons fled . " Mortality among theol- ogy students , despite flight , was close to 30 % , and it was between 35 ...
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... mortality approached 50 % , ranking it with Tuscany and parts of Scandinavia as the Euro- pean areas most devastated by the Black Death . To reiterate , two conditions seemed to engender extraordinary plague mortality : entry into a ...
... mortality approached 50 % , ranking it with Tuscany and parts of Scandinavia as the Euro- pean areas most devastated by the Black Death . To reiterate , two conditions seemed to engender extraordinary plague mortality : entry into a ...
Contents
A Natural History of Plague | 1 |
The European Environment 10501347 | 16 |
The Plagues Beginnings | 33 |
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