Contesting the Cause and Severity of the Black Death: A Review Essay

Noymer, A. (2007). Contesting the Cause and Severity of the Black Death: A Review Essay. IIASA Research Report (Reprint). IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: RP-07-005. Reprinted from Population and Development Review, 33(3): 616-627 [2007].

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Abstract

The essay is a book review of Ole J. Benedictow's "The Black Death, 1346-1353: The Complete History". It discusses the history, demography, and epidemiology of the Black Death, an epidemic that struck fourteenth-century Europe with a severity that has not be equaled by any other epidemic in recorded history, before or since.

Item Type: Monograph (IIASA Research Report (Reprint))
Research Programs: Health and Global Change (HGC)
Bibliographic Reference: Reprinted from Population and Development Review; 33(3): 616-627 [2007]
Depositing User: IIASA Import
Date Deposited: 15 Jan 2016 08:40
Last Modified: 27 Aug 2021 17:38
URI: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/8461

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