A conference digitally held on 17 December 2020 by the Marburger Arbeitskreis für Europäische Burgenforschung and Aarhus University looking into the role of castles in times of pestilence can be found on youtube:
There are five papers:
- Christian Ottersbach: Introduction
- Rainer Atzbach: The Black Death in Denmark and in front of Kiel Castle
- Michael Nobel Hviid: The Royal Castle as a catalyst for dissemination
- Lea Reiff: War and Pestilence. (Co-)relations between plague and warfare in literature and film, past and present
- Dominik Gerd Sieber: Walls, Ditches and Gates contra Pestilence . Castles in Upper Swabia during Times of Pestilence in 16th Century
Rainer Schreg
archaeologist professor in medieval and postmedieval archaeology at Bamberg university
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Rainer Schreg (December 20, 2020). Castles and Fortresses in Times of Pestilence. The Black Death Network. Retrieved January 19, 2025 from https://doi.org/10.58079/m24p