The Temporal Dynamics of the Fourteenth-Century Black Death: New Evidence from English Ecclesiastical Records

Human Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 427-448

  Wood, James W ^a   Ferrell, Rebecca J ^b   Dewitte Aviña, Sharon N ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Historical demography; Infectious disease dynamics; Medieval church history; The black death

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CLERGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT INFORMATION; PLAGUE; REGISTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; YERSINIA PESTIS; ZOONOSIS;

NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0344063442     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2003.0067     Document Type: Conference Paper

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