Черната смърт и депопулацията на късновизантийската провинция, 1347–1453 г.: три частни случая
The Black Death and the Depopulation of the Late Medieval Byzantine Countryside, 1347–1453: Three Case Studies

Summary/Abstract: The Black Death is among the main factors to affect the demographic development of Byzantium and the Byzantine world in the period between 1347 and 1453. During this time, the crumbling empire and some of its already lost territories experienced no less than 35 local plague epidemics. Historical sources leave no doubt about the wide geographical and chronological scope of the disease, as well as its complex effects. The present work discusses the possible impact of the Black Death on some populations in the Byzantine rural countryside. In particular, the text focuses on the demographic transformations at micro level. For this purpose, three case studies from the history of several villages in the 14th and 15th centuries have been traced and analyzed.

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