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The Black Death Network

The 14th century was a profoundly tumultuous period in European history. Climatic deterioration in the first quarter of the century triggered harvest failures and human famine in a population that had...

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Michelle Ziegler — Biology and Public Health

I am an independent researcher interested in the natural history of Yersinia pestis. My training is in biology (MS) and biosecurity and disaster preparedness (MS). I’m interested in microbes from basic...

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Justin Stearns – Contagion in Muslim and Christian Thought

I am assistant professor at New York University – Abu Dhabi. My interest in the Black Death is primarily Muslim and Christian intellectual and social responses to the plague. I have written a book...

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Introduction – Ann Carmichael

I am an historian of medicine and infectious diseases currently finishing a monograph on morbidity and mortality in Sforza-era Milan. While I have written article-length studies involving analysis of...

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Black Death resources

The folks at Medievalists.net have recently updated their resources on the Black Death: http://www.medievalists.net/2010/10/01/black-death/ Richard ThomasMore Posts - Website Follow Me:

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Medieval pig management

I have a new paper published that explores the impact of Black Death on pig management…I hope it is of interest.   Hamilton, J. and Thomas, R. 2012. Pannage, pulses and pigs: isotopic and...

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Rats cannot have been intermediate hosts for Yersinia pestis during medieval...

Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 40, Issue 4, April 2013, Pages 1752–1759 Rats cannot have been intermediate hosts for Yersinia pestis during medieval plague epidemics in Northern Europe Anne...

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Another Black Death Burial Site in London

Medievalists.net (14.3.2013): Burial ground discovered in London may be victims of Black Death The Independent (15.3.2013): Unearthed after seven centuries the ‘Black Death’ pit skeletons that could...

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Introduction – Alison Atkin

I am a second-year PhD student at the University of Sheffield, in England.  The aim of my PhD project is to apply new theory and methods recently developed in palaeodemography to gain a deeper...

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Lepra in the Middle Ages

A new genetic study dealing with Lepra: V. J. Schuenemann, P. Singh, T. A. Mendum, B. Krause-Kyora, G. Jäger et al., Genome-Wide Comparison of Medieval and Modern Mycobacterium leprae. Science (online...

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Black Death in the US today

Neither the 14th century, nor a scientific paper, but probably nevertheless of some interest http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/26/squirrel-plague_n_3660709.html Rainer SchregMore Posts - Website

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re: Livestock size change in the 14th century

For a little while now, I have been interested in identifying and explaining changes in the size of domestic livestock in the 14th century. This research was originally inspired by my analysis of the...

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Various links from our facebook group

I just collected the links from recent posts in our facebook-group. http://www.medievalhistories.com/pest-or-plague/ – Pest or Plague? at Medieval Histories...

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Black Death in the Media

Black Death today Belfast Telegraph (21.1.2014): Bubonic plague strain could return – http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breakingnews/offbeat/bubonic-plague-strain-could-return-29955070.html Gizmodo...

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Another mass burial in London

Islington Gazette (24.7.2014): Amateur archeologists dig up ancient black death burial ground in Clerkenwell Rainer SchregMore Posts - Website

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Mass Burial in Barcelona

Media report about a mass burial in Barcelona: Barcelona’s Black Death Victims. Archaeology Magazine (15.8.2014) – http://archaeology.org/news/2446-140819-black-death-spain-barcelona-mass-grave-plague...

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Mass Burial in Ellwangen

The BlackDeathNetwork is not only in medieval mass burials, but here is another new discovery, dating to the 16th century from Ellwangen in eastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Rescue excavations in the...

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Reintroduction or European reservoir? – a key question for possible effects...

A new article deals with the question of reintroductions of the Black Death from Asia and the role of reservoirs of Yersinia pestis in Europe. A database of historically recorded outbreaks of the...

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James le Palmer’s Omne bonum

One of the reasons, why also the BlackDeathNetwork changed its design: http://arc-medieval.blogspot.ca/2015/03/getting-words-out-and-back-in-what-to.html The BlackDeathNetwork looks not only on the...

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Introduction and new theses

Hello! My name is Michelle Laughran. I am Associate Professor of History at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine and a historian of the plague and epidemic diseases in Renaissance Venice...

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