Environment, society and the Black Death : an interdisciplinary approach to the late-medieval crisis in Sweden / edited by Per Lagerås.
- Date:
- 2016
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Oxford ; Havertown, PA : Oxbow Books, 2016.
Physical description
iv, 193 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Contributors
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Part I. Introduction -- An interdisciplinary approach / Per Lagerås -- Current knowledge on the late-medieval crisis / Per Lagerås -- Societal crisis and environmental change / Per Lagerås -- Part II. Empirical studies -- Abandonment, agricultural change and ecology / Per Lagerås, Anna Broström, Daniel Fredh, Hans Linderson, Anna Berg, Leif Björkman, Tove Hultberg, Sven Karlsson, Matts Lindbladh, Florence Mazier, Ulf Segerström & Eva Sköld -- Change, desertion and survival : an archaeology of the late-medieval crisis / Lars Ersgård -- Living conditions in times of plague / Caroline Arcini, T. Douglas Price, Maria Cinthio, Leena Drenzel, Mats Andersson, Bodil Persson, Hanna Menander, Maria Vretemark, Anna Kjellström, Rickard Hedvall and Göran Tagesson -- Part III. Conclusions in a wider perspective -- Environment-society interactions / Per Lagerås -- Studying the late-medieval crisis : reflections on research perspectives / Lars Ersgård -- Epidemics in a social context / Caroline Arcini -- Summary of conclusions / Per Lagerås -- Author presentations -- Appendix 1: Pollen sites -- Appendix 2: Osteological stature data -- Appendix 3: Isotope data.
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Subjects
- 14th century
- Black DeathSocial aspectsSwedenHistory
- Black DeathEnvironmental aspectsSwedenHistory
- Black DeathSwedenHistorySources
- CrisesSwedenHistoryTo 1500
- Human ecologySwedenHistoryTo 1500
- Social changeSwedenHistoryTo 1500
- Plaguehistory
- SwedenEnvironmental conditionsHistoryTo 1500
- SwedenSocial conditions
- SwedenHistoryTo 1397
- SwedenHistory1397-1523
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineFL.393.AA3Open shelves
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ISBN
- 9781785700545
- 1785700545