Table of Contents
Preface
Part I. Introduction
1. An interdisciplinary approach (Per Lagerås)
2. Current knowledge on the late-medieval crisis (Per Lagerås)
3. Societal crisis and environmental change (Per Lagerås)
Part II. Empirical studies
4. Abandonment, agricultural change and ecology (Per Lagerås, Anna Broström, Daniel Fredh, Hans Linderson, Anna Berg, Leif Björkman, Tove Hultberg, Sven Karlsson, Matts Lindbladh, Florence Mazier, Ulf Segerström & Eva Sköld)
5. Change, desertion and survival – an archaeology of the late-medieval crisis (Lars Ersgård)
6. Living conditions in times of plague (Caroline Arcini, T. Douglas Price, Maria Cinthio, Leena Drenzel, Mats Andersson, Bodil Persson, Hanna Menander, Maria Vretemark, Anna Kjellström, Rickard Hedvall and Göran Tagesson)
Part III. Conclusions in a wider perspective
7. Environment–society interactions (Per Lagerås)
8. Studying the late-medieval crisis – reflections on research perspectives (Lars Ersgård)
9. Epidemics in a social context (Caroline Arcini)
10. Summary of conclusions (Per Lagerås)
Author presentations
References
Appendix 1. Pollen sites
Appendix 2. Osteological stature data
Appendix 3. Isotope data