Cohn, Samuel. “The Black Death: End of a Paradigm.” The American Historical Review.
Samuel Cohn, Jr. opens the article by noting that the ravages of HIV/AIDS and the threat posed by biological weapons have rekindled the interests in the Black Death. However, he argues against most of the literate claims that the Black Death was caused by Bubonic Plague.
He notes that the reason behind this claim is that humans do not have natural immunity against bubonic plague yet people developed immunity to the Black Death. This article offers rich information concerning Black Death especially its causal effect being Bubonic Plague.
Bridbury, Anthony. “Before The Black Death.” The Economic History Review.
Bridbury argues, in this article, that due to the notion that simple causal factors cannot entirely explain the economic state of Europe, many have coined their arguments to explain what actually happened. The article focuses on the different economic situations that were witnessed before the Black Death and seeks to explain why they existed.
He does this by considering several authors’ perspectives and giving his own take on their position. The article offers compelling information on the economic matters surrounding the Black Death hence, its relevance to this paper.
Haddock, David, and Lynne Kiesling. “The Black Death and Property Rights.” The Journal of Legal Studies.
This article explores the property rights of the Europeans in the aftermath of the Black Death. The authors note that this plague led to a considerable change in the costs and benefits that surrounded property ownership.
There was a decline in the value of nonhuman assets, which was countered by a rise in human capital and labor. The Black Death thus led to the population change that triggered institutional changes. The article underscores property ownership dynamics during the Black Death hence its applicability to this paper.
Munro, John. Before and After the Black Death: Money, Prices, and Wages in Fourteenth-Century England.
The article opens by refuting the myth that the Black Death caused a rise in wages and prices. The author of the article does not seem to believe that the Black Death was Bubonic plague. He explains the dynamics of the pre-plague period and seeks to explain the causal factors, which is again done for the post Black Death period.
Munro offers a different view from other scholars in this field and thus the article is rich in balancing the opinions of conventional scholars on this matter.
Zapotoczny, Walter. The Political and Social Consequences of the Black Death.
In this article, Zapotoczny focuses on the effects of the Black Death. He briefly describes the incidence of the pandemic and proceeds to explore its consequences. Among the consequences, he describes at length how Jews were persecuted in the wake of the Black Death. He gives the effect of the plague on cities, towns and villages with statistics of extrapolated deaths.
He proceeds to explain the economic, cultural, and religious impacts of the Black Death on the Europe. Hence, the article is all rounded as it touches on effects, incidences, and the repercussions of the Black Death. Such richness and diversity of information is of great significance in the research of this paper hence its relevance.