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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... Plague may be the most virulent of the human infectious diseases . But , historically , its frequency is even more important than its viru- lence . Plague comes not in isolated epidemics , but rather , in pandem- ics . A pandemic is a ...
... Plague may be the most virulent of the human infectious diseases . But , historically , its frequency is even more important than its viru- lence . Plague comes not in isolated epidemics , but rather , in pandem- ics . A pandemic is a ...
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... plague epidemics struck Sicily and Calabria in 746 , and Naples and southern Italy in 762. In both instances , the epidemics remained restricted , suggesting that they were introduced by foreign ships and that Y. pestis was no longer ...
... plague epidemics struck Sicily and Calabria in 746 , and Naples and southern Italy in 762. In both instances , the epidemics remained restricted , suggesting that they were introduced by foreign ships and that Y. pestis was no longer ...
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... Death and the other plague epidemics of the later Middle Ages had the cru- cial effect of telescoping change . The second plague pandemic reached an etiological turning point in the late fifteenth century , which began Europe's ...
... Death and the other plague epidemics of the later Middle Ages had the cru- cial effect of telescoping change . The second plague pandemic reached an etiological turning point in the late fifteenth century , which began Europe's ...
Contents
A Natural History of Plague | 1 |
The European Environment 10501347 | 16 |
The Plagues Beginnings | 33 |
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