Between famine and death: England on the eve of the black death-evidence from paleoepidemiology and manorial accounts

Journal of Interdisciplinary History

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-60

  De Witte, Sharon ^a   Slavin, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84881092242     PISSN: 00221953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/JINH_a_00500     Document Type: Article

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