Pandemic Disease in the Medieval World

Monica H. Green (Arizona State University) specializes in the global history of health and medieval European history. She has published widely on medieval medicine. Carol Symes is the founding executive editor of The Medieval Globe. She is the Lynn M. Martin Professorial Scholar at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where she is associate professor of history, theatre, and medieval studies Carol Symes is the Lynn M. Martin Professorial Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on the history of documentary practices and communication media in medieval Europe.

• Introducing The Medieval Globe, by Carol Symes Editor’s Introduction to Pandemic Disease in the Medieval World, by Monica H. GreenTaking “Pandemic” Seriously: Making the Black Death Global, by Monica H. GreenThe Black Death and Its Consequences for the Jewish Community in Tàrrega: Lessons from History and Archeology, by Anna Colet, Josep Xavier Muntané i Santiveri, Jordi Ruíz Ventura, Oriol Saula, M. Eulàlia Subirà de Galdàcano, and Clara JaureguiThe Anthropology of Plague: Insights from Bioarcheological Analyses of Epidemic Cemeteries, by Sharon N. DeWittePlague Depopulation and Irrigation Decay in Medieval Egypt, by Stuart BorschPlague Persistence in Western Europe: A Hypothesis, by Ann G. CarmichaelNew Science and Old Sources: Why the Ottoman Experience of Plague Matters, by Nükhet VarlikHeterogeneous Immunological Landscapes and Medieval Plague: An Invitation to a New Dialogue between Historians and Immunologists, by Fabian Crespo and Matthew B. LawrenzThe Black Death and the Future of the Plague, by Michelle ZieglerEpilogue: A Hypothesis on the East Asian Beginnings of the Yersinia pestis Polytomy, by Robert HymesFeatured SourceDiagnosis of a “Plague” Image: A Digital Cautionary Tale, by Monica H. Green, Kathleen Walker-Meikle, and Wolfgang P. Müller