The Black Death and later plague epidemics in the Nordic countries : perspectives and controversies

The Black Death and later plague epidemics in the Nordic countries perspectives and controversies

This monograph represents an expansion and deepening of previous works by Ole J. Benedictow - the author of highly esteemed monographs and articles on the history of plague epidemics and historical demography. In the form of a collection of articles, the author presents an in-depth monographic study...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Benedictow, Ole J., author (author), Michalak, Katarzyna, editor (editor), Brescia, Michael M., editor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Warsaw ; Berlin : De Gruyter 2016
[2016]
Subjects:
Plague > Scandinavia > History.
Plague > Scandinavia > Epidemiology > History.
Black Death, Nordic Countries, Medieval History, Early Modern History, History of epidemics.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009426592006719
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Postscript
  • Bibliography
  • Glossary
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Black Death in Norway, 1348-1349
  • 3 The Black Death in Norway: Arrival, Spread, Mortality. Discussions with Birger Lindanger and Hallvard Bjørkvik
  • 4 The Black Death in Norway, 1348-49: Sources, Chronology, Spread. Discussion with Kåre Lunden
  • 5 The Spread of the Black Death in Norway: Revisionists, Spread Rates, Alternative Microbiological Theories and the Role of Mutation: Discussion with Kåre Lunden and Lars Walløe
  • 6 Walløe, Juhasz and the Sociology of Plague
  • 7 Lars Walløe's Human-Flea Theory of Plague Epidemology
  • 8 Black Rats in the Nordic Scandinavian Countries. Discussion of Papers by Lars Walløe and Anne K. Hufthammer
  • 9 The Relevance of Recent Theories on the Microbiological Identity and Epidemiology of Plague for Scandinavian Plague History: In-Depth Studies of Two Danish Publications on Plague
  • 10 The Eight Alternative Theory on the Plague Epidemics of the Past: Discussion of Ole G. Moseng's Composite Theory
  • 11 On the Theories That Plague Epidemics of the Past Were Spread by Cross-Infection by Human Lice or by Human Lice and Fleas. Discussion of Recent Works by Raoult and Drancourt, and by Walløe
  • 12 Problems with the Early-Phase Theory of the Transmission of Plague, Especially with Respect to Epidemic Plague
  • General Bibliography
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Index

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