Environment, society and the Black Death
Subtitle: an interdisciplinary approach to the late-medieval crisis in Sweden
By: edited by Per Lagerås
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9781785700545; 9781785700552; 9781785700569; 9781785700576
Subjects: Black Death; Sources; Environmental conditions; Social conditions; Crises; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Introduction; title: An interdisciplinary approach / Per Lagerås; title: Current knowledge on the late-medieval crisis / Per Lagerås; title: Societal crisis and environmental change / Per Lagerås; title: Part II. Empirical studies; title: 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; title: Change, desertion and survival : an archaeology of the late-medieval crisis / Lars Ersgård; title: 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; title: Part III. Conclusions in a wider perspective; title: Environment-society interactions / Per Lagerås; title: Studying the late-medieval crisis : reflections on research perspectives / Lars Ersgård; title: Epidemics in a social context / Caroline Arcini; title: Summary of conclusions / Per Lagerås; title: Author presentations; title: Appendix 1: Pollen sites; title: Appendix 2: Osteological stature data; title: Appendix 3: Isotope data.