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Historical analysis reveals distinct clinical signs, climate trends, and cultural responses during the Black Death in medieval Europe, highlighting shifts in disease understanding.
Section 1 The Middle Ages confront the 20th century: scientists square the circle the conquest of plague historians square the circle. Section II The Black Death - signs and symptoms: signs, chronicles, plague tracts and saints' lives symptoms. Section III The Black Death - epidemiology: chroniclers and doctors climate cycles and trends conclusion culture and psychology. Appendices: miraculous plague cures list of chronicles, annales and calendars plague tracts from Sudhoff.
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