The theme is "Medieval Miseries: Responses to Hard Times." Conference topics range from the plague to the connection between physical disabilities and royal ambition, from the rise of stock markets to depictions of grieving for the dead.
Among the presenters is Bates Professor of History Michael Jones, who will speak about "The Worst of Times and the Worst of Times: Climate, Famine and Pestilence during the Medieval Transitions." Jones' talk will explore the 6th and 14th centuries in terms of climatic deterioration, famine and epidemic, revealing parallel miseries that afflicted both of these transitional periods.
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