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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... spread through the digestive system ; among them are dysentery , diarrhea , ty- phoid , and cholera . Like respiratory afflictions , enteric ailments were very common throughout the Middle Ages . They often reflected so- cial conditions ...
... spread through the digestive system ; among them are dysentery , diarrhea , ty- phoid , and cholera . Like respiratory afflictions , enteric ailments were very common throughout the Middle Ages . They often reflected so- cial conditions ...
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... spread of plague . A second interpretation recognizes the importance of the Mon- gols , but claims that environmental , rather than human , factors were most important in plague's origins and spread . The environmental theory relies on ...
... spread of plague . A second interpretation recognizes the importance of the Mon- gols , but claims that environmental , rather than human , factors were most important in plague's origins and spread . The environmental theory relies on ...
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... spread throughout the Middle East . By February 1349 , it had reached Aswan , along the Upper Nile . The following summer , in the nearby town of Asyƫt , only 116 of 6000 people paid taxes . To the east , across the Sinai , the town of ...
... spread throughout the Middle East . By February 1349 , it had reached Aswan , along the Upper Nile . The following summer , in the nearby town of Asyƫt , only 116 of 6000 people paid taxes . To the east , across the Sinai , the town of ...
Contents
A Natural History of Plague | 1 |
The European Environment 10501347 | 16 |
The Plagues Beginnings | 33 |
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