The Black Death and Later Plague Epidemics in the Scandinavian Countries:: Perspectives and Controversies

Ole Jørgen Benedictow

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The Black Death and Later Plague Epidemics in the Scandinavian Countries:

Perspectives and Controversies

Ole Jørgen Benedictow

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2016

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This monograph represents an expansion and deepening of previous works by Ole J. Benedictow - the author of highly esteemed monographs and articles on the history of plague epidemics and historical demography. In the form of a collection of articles, the author presents an in-depth monographic study on the history of plague epidemics in Scandinavian countries and on controversies of the microbiological and epidemiological fundamentals of plague epidemics.

History of Epidemics, Scandinavian countries, Medieval and Modern History.

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Ole Jørgen Benedictow, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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Medicine Basic Medical Science History and Ethics of Medicine

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Preface Open Access Download PDF	XIV
Postscript Open Access Download PDF	XVIII
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	XX
Glossary Open Access Download PDF	XXII
1 Introduction Open Access Download PDF	1
2 The Black Death in Norway, 1348–1349 Open Access Download PDF	100
3 The Black Death in Norway: Arrival, Spread, Mortality. Discussions with Birger Lindanger and Hallvard Bjørkvik Open Access Download PDF	183
4 The Black Death in Norway, 1348-49: Sources, Chronology, Spread. Discussion with Kåre Lunden Open Access Download PDF	255
5 The Spread of the Black Death in Norway: Revisionists, Spread Rates, Alternative Microbiological Theories and the Role of Mutation: Discussion with Kåre Lunden and Lars Walløe Open Access Download PDF	307
6 Walløe, Juhasz and the Sociology of Plague Open Access Download PDF	344
7 Lars Walløe’s Human-Flea Theory of Plague Epidemology Open Access Download PDF	355
8 Black Rats in the Nordic Scandinavian Countries. Discussion of Papers by Lars Walløe and Anne K. Hufthammer Open Access Download PDF	395
9 The Relevance of Recent Theories on the Microbiological Identity and Epidemiology of Plague for Scandinavian Plague History: In-Depth Studies of Two Danish Publications on Plague Open Access Download PDF	452
10 The Eight Alternative Theory on the Plague Epidemics of the Past: Discussion of Ole G. Moseng’s Composite Theory Open Access Download PDF	491
11 On the Theories That Plague Epidemics of the Past Were Spread by Cross-Infection by Human Lice or by Human Lice and Fleas. Discussion of Recent Works by Raoult and Drancourt, and by Walløe Open Access Download PDF	593
12 Problems with the Early-Phase Theory of the Transmission of Plague, Especially with Respect to Epidemic Plague Open Access Download PDF	625
General Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	666
List of Figures Open Access Download PDF	692
List of Tables Open Access Download PDF	693
Index Open Access Download PDF	694

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eBook published on:

December 19, 2016

eBook ISBN:

9788376560472

Hardcover published on:

December 19, 2016

Hardcover ISBN:

9788376560465

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Main content:

736

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2

Coloured Illustrations:

5

Tables:

14

https://doi.org/10.1515/9788376560472

eBook ISBN: 9788376560472

Hardcover ISBN: 9788376560465

Keywords for this book

Black Death; Nordic Countries; Medieval History; Early Modern History; History of epidemics

Audience(s) for this book

Medievalists, Early Modern Historians, Historians of Medicine

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