THE BLACK DEATH IN THE CROWN OF CASTILLA (XIV AND XV CENTURIES): THE CASE OF CÓRDOBA

Abstract

The present article is devoted to the study and in-depth analysis of the historical phenomenon of the Black Death in the Crown of Castilla during the 14th and 15th centuries. By means of a bibliographic research and the usage of sources dating from late medieval and modern period, the relevance of the disease throughout history, the current situation of the knowledge for the Castilian territory and the evolution of the chronoepidemic in Córdoba are analyzed. This is attached to the reflection of some preventive mechanisms to avoid the contagion an the spread of the disease, as well as the therapeutic responses from the perspective of he late medieval medical recipes.