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The Black Death and the Peasants' Revolt in England

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General
The onset of the Black Death
by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-75) (Internet Medieval Sourcebook)
A 'calamitous' Fourteenth Century
A selection of links to Black Death sites (Internet Medieval Sourcebook)
The Black Death
origins, arrival forms of, medical measures, descriptions, effects and historical overview (Boise State University)
The Black Death The origins, reactions and consequences of the Plague including the political and economic effects (Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies)
The Black Death 1347-50
Background to the scientific causes of the Black Death (Insecta Inpecta World)
The Black Death: Bubonic Plague
Background to the conditions of the Plague with facts, figures and additional links (Brigham Young University)

Reactions to the Black Death
In the Wake of the Black Death
A chronological account of the aftereffects of the Black Death in Europe including the uprising of 1381, population figures, the Hundred Years War and related links (The History Guide's Lectures on Ancient and Medieval European History)
The Black Death and the Jews (1348-49)
Conflicts during the plague (The Internet Jewish History Sourcebook)

The English Peasants' Revolt of 1381
Anonimalle Chronicle: English Peasants' Revolt 1381
Description, from a chronicle of the time, of the final meeting of king Richard II and the leader of the Revolt - Wat Tyler (Internet Medieval Sourcebook)

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