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Dust storm transport of pathogenic microbes to Viking Scandinavia : a query into possible environmental vectors or disease pathogenesis in a closed biological and ecological system

Creator:

Boling, David Carter

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This thesis is an integrated study that links several disciplines-archaeology, anthropology, geography, atmospheric sciences, and microbiology. It attempts to generate an argument that central to climate change is disequilibrium in human ecologies- in my case, disease ecologies in Iceland during the 15th century. This thesis investigates the environment's effect on...

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Masters Thesis

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disequilibrium in human ecologies- in my case, disease ecologies in Iceland during the 15th century. This
An Assessment of the “Sweating Sickness” Affecting England During the Tudor Dynasty

Creator:

Wollert, Edwin Del

Abstract:

While historiography and interest in Tudor England at both the popular and specialist levels presents few signs of diminishing, there may nonetheless exist a sense that we have little left to learn about this period and its culture. A notable gap in our knowledge, however, remains regarding the mysterious disease...

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Dissertation

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, since disease apparently invaded England with them. Yet what follows is not a military history. It