在中世纪剑桥的黑死病流行后,更多的连续性而不是变化
John Robb1, Jenna M Dittmar2, Sarah A Inskip3
1University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. jer39@cam.ac.uk.
Scientific reports
|September 29, 2025
概括
根据生物考古学证据,黑死病 (Yersinia pestis) 并没有从根本上改变中世纪英国的健康或日常生活. 长期趋势,如身高下降,早于瘟疫,可能是由于环境因素造成的.
科学领域:
- 生物考古学的生物考古学
- 古病理学 古病理学
- 中世纪历史 中世纪历史
背景情况:
- 黑死病 (公元1347年至公元50年) 是英格兰发生的一场毁灭性的耶尔西尼亚瘟疫.
- 历史变化通常归因于黑死病,但它对日常生活的影响不明.
- 很少有研究研究了瘟疫对骨健康和生活方式指标的直接影响.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查黑死病对英国剑桥成年人的生物考古影响.
- 评估疫情之前,期间和之后的健康和生活方式的骨和分子指标的变化.
- 为了确定黑死病是否导致中世纪的健康和生活方式发生了重大变化.
主要方法:
- 分析了336个成年人的18个骨和分子指标.
- 生物考古学研究涵盖了公元940年至1561年在英国剑桥的时期.
- 与黑死病相比,不同时期的健康和生活方式指标的比较.
主要成果:
- 骨健康或生活方式指标没有显著的变化是直接归因于黑死病.
- 大多数指标保持稳定或因其他历史趋势而改变.
- 观察到身材的下降,从黑死病之前开始,可能与14世纪的环境和经济衰退有关.
结论:
- 黑死病虽然是创伤性的,但并没有彻底改变中世纪的健康和生活方式.
- 以前存在的长期健康趋势,例如身高下降,是显著的.
- 环境和经济的恶化可能增加了人口对瘟疫等流行病的脆弱性.
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