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Another Black Death Burial Site in London

16/03/2013 Rainer Schreg Leave a comment
  • Medievalists.net (14.3.2013): Burial ground discovered in London may be victims of Black Death
  • The Independent (15.3.2013): Unearthed after seven centuries the ‘Black Death’ pit skeletons that could unravel the mystery of what caused the plague
  • a video at The Guardian (16.3.2013): Skeletons of ‘Black Death victims’ unearthed in London – video
  • BBC News (15.3.2013): ‘Black Death pit’ unearthed by Crossrail project with a map of the site location

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The Black Death Network combines two axes, one on the crisis of the 14th century and one on the history of plague (caused by Yersinia pestis), both intersecting at the Black Death (1346-1353). Infamous for killing 30–60% of the European population, the Black Death was only one among multiple disasters of the profoundly tumultuous 14th century following harvest failures and human famine triggered by climatic deterioration. But the Black Death was only one major pandemic event of Y. pestis, a pathogen emerging already in Neolithic Eurasia and causing outbreaks until today.

Understanding both the 14th-century crisis and the history of plague requires:

– a broad interdisciplinary approach, bringing together humanities and sciences;

– comparative approaches both spatially and temporally to detect recurring patterns or unique events in complex human-environment interactions

The Black Death Network intends

– to bring researchers from various disciplines together;

– to create an interdisciplinary network sharing information on new research;

– to connect students and experienced scholars from all disciplines.

Interdisciplinary approaches to the 14th century crisis and the history of plague

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