IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 716: Epidemics and Mortality Crises in Catalonia before and after the Black Death: Identifying and Measuring Cycles, Analysing Local Responses
Tuesday 6 July 2021, 14.15-15.45
| Organisers: | Pere Benito i Monclús, Departament d'Història, Universitat de Lleida Joan Maltas Montoro, Departament d'Història, Universitat de Lleida |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Adam Franklin-Lyons, Department of History, Marlboro College, Vermont |
| Paper 716-a | Epidemics and Mortality Crises in 12th-Century Catalonia: Identifying and Measuring Cycles (Language: English) Index terms: Demography, Economics - General, Social History |
| Paper 716-b | Epidemics and Mortality Crises in 13th- and 14th-Century Catalonia: Identifying and Measuring Cycles (Language: English) Index terms: Demography, Economics - General, Social History |
| Paper 716-c | Epidemics and Mortality Crises in Catalonia after the Black Death: Local Responses and the Increasing Role of Municipal Governments (Language: English) Index terms: Demography, Economics - Urban, Social History |
| Abstract | Most of studies on epidemics and mortality crises prior to the Black Death are based on narrative sources or data arising from archaeological research focused on the morphology and pathologies observed in skeletons. This session brings together three investigations about epidemics and mortality in Catalonia during the 12th-15th centuries applying two different approaches complementary to the aforementioned. The first one, through quantitative methods, seeks to identify and measure crises thanks to homogeneous series of testamentary documents. The second one examines the first measures adopted by urban governments to cope with the epidemics from the second half of the 14th century. |