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S/LI/497. Causes and consequences of Black Death plague epidemics in medieval England, and their depiction by Chaucer

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1800
DATE:
2011
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19.99 GBP

The paper looks into the causes and consequences of the bubonic plague epidemics in England in 1348 known as Black Death assessing its social, economic and political impacts on England and Western Europe. The changes in the medieval society brought about by the Black Death are discussed with reference to their depiction in Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales”.

 

KEYWORDS: Black Death, bubonic plague, medieval England, Chaucer, Canterbury Tales,

 
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