Epidemiology of the Black Death and Successive Waves of Plague
Open any textbook on infectious diseases and its chapter on plague will describe three pandemics of bubonic plague.
The Black Death in early Ottoman territories: 1347-1550
The aim of this thesis is to analyze the possible impact of the Black Death on the early Ottoman society. Firstly, a temporal and spatial analysis of the outbreaks was established using contemporary Ottoman, Byzantine and Latin sources.
Etiology of the Dancing Plague
Etiology of the Dancing Plague O’Neill, Daniel InterCulture: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Volume 2, Issue 3, Fall (2005) Abstract The phenomenon of dancing mania (also…
The Late Medieval Agrarian Crisis and Black Death plague epidemic in medieval Denmark: a paleopathological and paleodietary perspective
The Late Medieval Agrarian Crisis and Black Death plague epidemic in medieval Denmark: apaleopathological and paleodietary perspective Yoder, Cassady J. PhD Thesis, Texas A&M University,…
Persecution Perpetuated: The Medieval Origins of Anti-Semitic Violence in Nazi Germany
We explore the long-term persistence of interethnic hatred by using a new data set of almost 400 towns where Jewish communities are documented for both the medieval period and interwar Germany.
The Italian Doctor during the Black Death
The Italian Doctor during the Black Death By Quinn Wilson Vexillum: The Undergraduate Journal of Classical and Medieval Studies, Vol.1 (2011) Introduction: Italy…
The Peasant Diet: Image and Reality
There is no single image of the peasant as food consumer just as there is no single ‘reality’ of peasant standards of living in the Middle Ages. The peasants’ obsession with food in literature coincides with an equally popular upper-class assumption that what is actually eaten by the peasants is unpleasant to persons of breeding.
How the West ’Invented’ Fertility Restriction
How the West ’Invented’ Fertility Restriction By Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth Published Online (2010) Abstract: Europeans restricted their fertility long before other…
Black Death (film)
Black Death Starring Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne, David Warner and Carice Van Houten Synopsis: The year is 1348. Europe has fallen under the…
The eleven plagues of Edinburgh
The eleven plagues of Edinburgh By W. J. MacLennan Proceedings of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Vol.31 (2001) Introduction: Much has…
Food and the Maintenance of Social Boundaries in Medieval England
In this chapter, both zooarchaeological and historical evidence are used to explore variation in patterns of consumption among different sectors of medieval English society (ca. A.D. 1066-1520).
The Black Death and the origins of the ‘Great Divergence’ across Europe, 1300–1600
One important recent theme emerging from the literature on early modern Europe is that some of the key structural and institutional changes that are responsible for the increases in incomes may have taken place rather early, in the late medieval period or in the era of the Black Death.
The Black Death and the Burning of Jews
Curiously, far less attention has been devoted to the most monumental of medieval Jewish persecutions, one that eradicated almost entirely the principal Jewish communities of Europe — those of the Rhineland — along with many other areas.
Boccaccio’s Decameron: A Fictional Effort to Grapple with Chaos
Boccaccio’s Decameron: A Fictional Effort to Grapple with Chaos By Nancy M. Real Published online as part of the Virtual Commons Modules (2006) Introduction:…
New Directions in the Study of Religious Responses to the Black Death
New Directions in the Study of Religious Responses to the Black Death By Justin Stearns History Compass, Vol.7 (2009) Abstract: The past decade…
Black Death came from China, study finds
An international team of scientists have concluded that the plague known as the Black Death originated in China over 2600 years ago. In…
What was the Black Death?
What was the Black Death? This feature details the latest news, articles, videos and more resources on the plague that struck in the medieval world in the 14th century
The Black Death: End of a Paradigm
Against the assumptions of historians and scientists for over a century and what continues to be inscribed in medical and history texts alike, the Black Death was not the same disease as that rat-based bubonic plague whose agent (Yersinia pestis) was first cultured at Hong Kong in 1894.
Mystery of the Black Death
From the BBC Programme Timewatch First aired in 2004 For years, it has been believed that the Black Death, which swept through Europe…
The Black Death: Catastrophe or New Start?
This paper is going to illuminate on the history of the Black Death, its transmission, pathophysiology, symptomology, various medicines proposed, how the medical theories present at that time justify the medicines/ingredients used, the disparity in what was available for the rich and poor and health initiatives that progression of the disease
The Great Transformation? David Herlihy, The Black Death and the Transformation of the West
The Great Transformation? David Herlihy, The Black Death and the Transformation of the West By Helen Louise Steele Published Online Introduction: It was…
Rats, Communications, and Plague: Toward an Ecological History
Rats, Communications, and Plague: Toward an Ecological History By Michael McCormick Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol.34:1 (2003) Introduction: Until recently, there were no…
Molecular identification by ‘‘suicide PCR’’ of Yersinia pestis as the agent of Medieval Black Death
Molecular identification by ‘‘suicide PCR’’ of Yersinia pestis as the agent of Medieval Black Death By Didier Raoult, Gerard Aboudharam, Eric Crubezy, Georges…
The Making of a Pandemic: Bubonic Plague in the 14th Century
In October 1347, several Genoese ships pulled into port at Messina, Sicily. The harbor master noticed crew members who were clearly ill disembarking and quickly sent the ships away. It was too late; within a matter of days, people were dead or dying in the city. The plague had arrived in Europe.
The Black Death in Bristol
The Black Death in Bristol By C. E. Boucher Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Vol.60 (1938) Introduction: Plague, Pestilence and Famine, the…