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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... tion probably began to rise as soon as the plague had subsided . Still , the city would not have 50,000 people again until early in the six- teenth century . Of all England's regions , the most severely afflicted was East Anglia ...
... tion probably began to rise as soon as the plague had subsided . Still , the city would not have 50,000 people again until early in the six- teenth century . Of all England's regions , the most severely afflicted was East Anglia ...
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... tion in preplague Europe has been discussed in Chapter 4 , as have some of the new laws enacted by a few towns , such as Nuremberg . " 0 But most important were the public health laws which developed in postplague Italy , and the rise ...
... tion in preplague Europe has been discussed in Chapter 4 , as have some of the new laws enacted by a few towns , such as Nuremberg . " 0 But most important were the public health laws which developed in postplague Italy , and the rise ...
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... tion contracted ; when they were less frequent and virulent , popula- tion expanded . Epilogue : Europe's Environmental Crisis FROM THE MID - THIRTEENTH 160 THE BLACK Death.
... tion contracted ; when they were less frequent and virulent , popula- tion expanded . Epilogue : Europe's Environmental Crisis FROM THE MID - THIRTEENTH 160 THE BLACK Death.
Contents
A Natural History of Plague | 1 |
The European Environment 10501347 | 16 |
The Plagues Beginnings | 33 |
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