These are some of the links which we have used as a class for research, and which we have found to be helpful.
Discovery
Online - Black Death
An excellent overview of the Black Death with
interactive maps and media.
The Insecta-Inspecta:
The Black Death
Information not only on the Black Death, but on the flea that carried
it!
The
Jewish History Sourcebook: The Black Death and the Jews 1348-9
An in-depth overview of Jewish views and reactions
towards the Black Death from the Medieval Sourcebook.
Medieval
Sourcebook: Boccaccio: The Decameron - Introduction
A description of the Plague in Italy by 14th century authour Boccaccio.
Decoding
the Black Death
A BBC article from Oct. 3, 2001 discussing the discovery of the genetic
structure of the Plague bacillus.
Advent of Health:
Black Death
A concise epidemiology of the Bubonic Plague.
Bubonic
Plague: The Black Death
An outline of some of the key points, events, and issues surrounding
the Black Death.
The
History of Plagues (Section 4)
An overview of the Plague which includes some info on the plagues in
China.
The
Plague
A VERY brief overview of the Plague, but one that has pictures of the
flea and bacillus!
The Pestilence
Tyme
An EXCELLENT online resource which covers the history and effects of
the Black Death in England (1348 - 1350).
Medicine
(Kitab al-Tibb)
An excerpt from an Islamic medical manual, from the Islamic History
Sourcebook.
Ibn
Sina's On Medicine
Another Islamic medical text; this one was cited by Michael Dols. Also
from the Islamic History Sourcebook.
Classical Islamic Biomedicine
A list of resources on Islamic medical thought and theory.
Ibn
Battuta: Travels in Asia and Africa 1325 - 1354
Contains a witnessed account of the 1348 Middle Eastern outbreak of
the Plague.
Hellenic
& Hellenistic Science
Contains information on medicine from the perspectives of Hippocrates,
Archimedes, and Galen, who were influential on medieval medicine.
Galen: On
the Natural Faculties
A medical text downloadable in a three book format.
Of
the Epidemics
Hippocrates' work on epidemics, their causes and symptoms, and possible
cures.
History of Western Biomedicine
Links to documents on and about Western medicinal studies from the
ancient to the present.
Plague
and Public Health in Renaissance Europe
Discusses the response of society to the advent of and disaster that
was the Plague.
Eyam, Derbyshire,
England: The Famous Plague Village
This village sealed itself off during the Plague outbreak of 1665 to
avoid spreading the Plague to their neighbours.
The
London Plague 1665
Gives a general overview of the Plague and some highlights.
Epidemics
and the Built Environment in 1665 (Justin Champion)
A discussion on how housing, development, and population lent themselves
to the spread of the 1665 epidemic.
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
Provides a broad overview of the modern day Black Plague.
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention Pt. 2
Provides general information on the spread of the Plague throughout
the world.
University
of California, Berkeley Library
A page about Karl F. Meyer, who identified the epidemiology of the
Plague today & formulated a vaccine for it.
A Special Link
for ASU Medieval History Fans and Faculty
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