Whilst we are in pandemic mode ”
Medieval Histories” recently featured some PhD research on the Black Death in Ireland which seeks to explain the differences in the impact of the plague on the Gaelic Irish and the Anglo-Irish communities. The former appear to have been less seriously affected than the latter. Given that pandemics do not respect cultural boundaries the question arises as to why there should be such a disparity. The answer appears to lie in different farming practices in the two communities. The argument is set out in the article which can be viewed at:
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