Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS vii
4. PREFACE THE BLACK DEATH AND EBOLA: ON THE VALUE OF COMPARISON ix
5. INTRODUCING THE MEDIEVAL GLOBE 1
6. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION TO PANDEMIC DISEASE IN THE MEDIEVAL WORLD: RETHINKING THE BLACK DEATH 9
7. TAKING “PANDEMIC” SERIOUSLY: MAKING THE BLACK DEATH GLOBAL 27
8. THE BLACK DEATH AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN TÀRREGA: LESSONS FROM HISTORY AND ARCHEOLOGY 63
9. THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF PLAGUE: INSIGHTS FROM BIOARCHEOLOGICAL ANALYSES OF EPIDEMIC CEMETERIES 97
10. PLAGUE DEPOPULATION AND IRRIGATION DECAY IN MEDIEVAL EGYPT 125
11. PLAGUE PERSISTENCE IN WESTERN EUROPE: A HYPOTHESIS 157
12. NEW SCIENCE AND OLD SOURCES: WHY THE OTTOMAN EXPERIENCE OF PLAGUE MATTERS 193
13. HETEROGENEOUS IMMUNOLOGICAL LANDSCAPES AND MEDIEVAL PLAGUE: AN INVITATION TO A NEW DIALOGUE BETWEEN HISTORIANS AND IMMUNOLOGISTS 229
14. THE BLACK DEATH AND THE FUTURE OF THE PLAGUE 259
15. EPILOGUE: A HYPOTHESIS ON THE EAST ASIAN BEGINNINGS OF THE YERSINIA PESTIS POLYTOMY 285
16. FEATURED SOURCE 309
17. INDEX 327