- Black Death, 1348
Features map depicting the course of the plague through Europe and signs of and reactions to the disease.
www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/plague.htm
- Black Death and the Jews 1348-1349 CE
From the Jewish History Sourcebook.
www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/1348-jewsblackdeath.html
- Boccaccio: The Decameron - Introduction
Onset of the Black Death, described by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375).
www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/boccacio2.html
- Black Plague Web Directory
Provides links to general information and primary sources.
www.fidnet.com/~weid/plague.htm
- Black Plague Simulation
Lesson simulating a pilgrimage during the time of the Black Plague epidemic.
www.mcn.org/ed/cur/cw/Plague/Plague_Sim.html
- Statute of Laborers, 1351
Representative of the long-term problems of labor shortage caused by the Black Death.
www.fordham.edu/halsall/seth/statute-labourers.html
- Ordinance of Laborers, 1349
Vain attempt to freeze wages at their pre-plague levels, indicative of the labor shortage caused by the Black Death.
www.fordham.edu/halsall/seth/ordinance-labourers.html
- History of Western Civilization: The Black Death
Includes origins, contemporary accounts, and effects.
history.boisestate.edu/westciv/plague
- Black Death - Culprit: Oriental Rat Flea
Describes the plague and the role that fleas played in transmitting the epidemic.
www.insecta-inspecta.com/fleas/bdeath
- PBS: Mystery of the Black Death
Scientists study DNA to determine whether a genetic mutation saved the villagers of Eyam from death from the Black Plague. From the PBS series Secrets of the Dead.
www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_plague/index.html
- Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies: The Black Death
Outlines the origins of the plague, its approach on Europe, forms and description of the disease, economic and cultural effects, and more.
www.the-orb.net/textbooks/westciv/blackdeath.html
- Decameron Web Plague Page
Includes contemporary perspectives, origins, causes, effects, and the plague as a literary motif.
www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/plague
- Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe
Archive of narratives, medical consilia, and religious and spiritual writings.
jefferson.village.virginia.edu/osheim
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