The Black Death transformed: disease and culture in early Renaissance Europe

Section 1 The Middle Ages confront the 20th century: scientists square the circle the conquest of plague historians square the circle. Section II The Black Death - signs and symptoms: signs, chronicles, plague tracts and saints' lives symptoms. Section III The Black Death - epidemiology: chroniclers and doctors climate cycles and trends conclusion culture and psychology. Appendices: miraculous plague cures list of chronicles, annales and calendars plague tracts from Sudhoff.