The Black Death, 1348-1350: the great mortality of 1348-1350 ; a brief history with documents

pt. 1. Introduction : the Black Death in history

pt. 2. The documents

1. Byzantine history, ca. 1359 / Nicephorus Gregoras

2. Essay on the report of the pestilence, ca. 1348 / Abu Hais 'Umar Ibn al-Wardi

3. Chronicle, ca. 1348 / Giovanni Villani

4. Letter, April 27, 1348 / Louis Sanctus

5. Chronicle, 1347-1361 / Michele da Piazza

6. Introduction to The decameron, 1349-1351 / Giovanni Boccaccio

7. Letter, April 27, 1348 / Louis Sanctus

8. History, 1367-1369 / John VI Kantakouzenos

9. Consultation, October 6, 1348 / Medical Faculty of the University of Paris

10. Letter and regimen concerning the pestilence, ca. 1348 / Alfonso de Cordoba

11. Short casebook, 1348 / Gentile da Foligno

12. Regimen of protection against epidemics, April 24, 1348 / Jacme d'Agramont

13. Description and remedy for escaping the plague, February 1349 / Abu Ja'far Ahmad Ibn Khatima

14. Great surgery, 1363 / Gui de Chauliac

15. Letters on familiar matters, May 1349 / Francesco Petrarch

16. Introduction to The decameron, 1349-1351 / Giovanni Boccaccio

17. Sienese chronicle, 1348-1351 / Agnolo di Tura

18. Chronicle, ca. 1359-1360 / Jean de Venette

19. A history of the Ayyubids and Mamluks, 15th century / Ahmad Ibn 'Ali al-Maqrizi

20. Ordinance, May 1349 / City Council of Siena

21. Ordinance, 1351 / The Cortes of Castile

22. Wiltshire, England, Assize roll of labor offenders, June 11, 1352

23. History of the plague, 1348 / Gabriele de Mussis

24. Chronicle, 1347-1361 / Michele da Piazza

25. Effrenata (unbridled), May 28, 1350 / Simon Islip

26. Post-plague parish poverty, July 1, 1349, and September 20, 1349 / Hamo Hethe and Thomas de Lisle

27. Last will and testament, September 21, 1348 / Libertus of Monte Feche

28. The beginning and end : on history, ca. 1350-1351 / 'Imad al-Din Abu 'l-Fida' Isma'll b. Umar Ibn Kathir

29. Essay on the report of the pestilence, ca. 1348 / Abu Hafs 'Umar Ibn al-Wardi

30. A very useful inquiry into the horrible sickness, 1349-1352 / Lisan al-Din Ibn al-Khatib

31. Book of memorable matters, ca. 1349-1355 / Heinrich of Herford

32. Chronicle, 1360-1362 / Fritsche Closener

33. Chronicle, 1350 / Gilles li Muisis

34. Mandate to suppress the flagellants, February 15, 1350 / King Philip VI of France

35. Response to Jewish pogrom of Tarrega, December 23, 1349 / King Pedro IV of Aragon

36. September 1354, Takkanoth (Accord) of Barcelona

37. Interrogation of the Jews of Savoy, September-October 1348

38. Chronicle, ca. 1349-1350 / Mathias of Neuenburg

39. Concerning the mortality in Germany, ca. 1350 / Konrad of Megenberg

40. Sicut Judeis (mandate to protect the Jews), October 1, 1348 / Pope Clement VI

41. The great chronicle of France, ca. 1348

42. The dance of death, ca. 1430 / John Lydgate

43. Death as chess player, St. Andrew's Church, Norwich, ca. 1500

44. Tomb at La Sarraz, Switzerland, ca. 1390 / Francois de la Sarra

45. Tomb at Canterbury Cathedral, ca. 1425 / Henry Chichele

46. A disputacioun betwyx the body and wormes, ca. 1450

App. A chronology of the Black Death (1347-1363).