Mortality and demographic recovery in early post-black death epidemics: Role of recent emigrants in medieval Dijon.

OBJECTIVE AND METHODS:We analyze the influence of population movement on susceptibility to death and resilience during two epidemics occurring in Dijon soon after the Black Death. Using a specific program designed to propose links between entries in annual tax registers, we define tentative heads of...

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Main Authors: Pierre Galanaud, Anne Galanaud, Patrick Giraudoux, Henri Labesse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226420