PMID: 11619268Jan 1, 1996Paper

Population decline and plague in late medieval Norway

Annales de démographie historique
J A Brothen

Abstract

Norwegian scholars have engaged in considerable research over the last half century in an attempt to assess the impact of the Black Plague of 1349 on population and society in Norway. Evidence has been put forward relating the incidence of plague to a continuance of population decline over the two centuries following its initial introduction. Estimates of population decline in Norway between 1350 and 1550 indicate a reduction by as much as 65%. Two directions of study have emerged, one concentrating on land abandonment known as the "Ødegard Project." The other is represented by the recent works of Ole Jørgen Benedictow presenting epidemiological and osteo-archaeological research. An examination of the available literature raises questions concerning the degree to which plague, and its recurrence, directly affected population decline in Norway during the Late Middle Ages. While evidence of the virulence of the plague and the degree of farm abandonment is compelling, a direct relationship to population decline may not be as great as implied by the research. Other explanatory factors, especially social and economic responses to plague, have been given limited attention.

Citations

Nov 28, 2018·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Amine NamouchiBarbara Bramanti
Dec 11, 2020·Clinical Microbiology Reviews·R BarbieriM Drancourt

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