IMC 2008: Sessions
Session 1002: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, I: Plague
Wednesday 9 July 2008, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | English Heritage |
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Organiser: | Barney Sloane, English Heritage, London |
Moderator/Chair: | Christopher Knüsel, Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford |
Paper 1002-a | Plague in 14th-Century London: A Closer Look (Language: English) |
Paper 1002-b | The Black Death Cemetery of East Smithfield, London: A Review of the Osteological Evidence from the Victims (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General |
Paper 1002-c | The Paleodemography of the Black Death: The Hereford Cathedral Close Cemetery (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General |
Abstract | _And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. Epidemic disease affected England frequently during the middle ages, but never more so than in the devastating outbreak of the Black Death in 1348 and its subsequent re-visitations. This session provides exciting new evidence of the impact of and responses to the plague in the 14th century, including evidence from the dead themselves. |