Researching natural disasters in the later Middle Ages

Part I: Tectonic Hazards

Rituals of resilience: The interpretative archaeology of post-seismic recovery in medieval Europe

Medieval earthquakes in Italy: Perceptions and reactions

Seismic adaptation in the Latin churches of Cyprus

Architectural heritage and ancient earthquakes in Italy: The constraints and potential of archaeoseismological research applied to medieval buildings

Medieval tsunamis in the Mediterranean and Atlantic: Towards an archaeological perspective

Volcanic eruptions and historical landscape on Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain

‘The harvest of despair’: Catastrophic fear and the understanding of risk in the shadow of Mount Etna, Italy

Part II: Severe Storms and Hydrological Hazards

Mitigating riverine flood risk in medieval England

Tide and trauma: Tangible and intangible impacts of the storms of 1287 and 1288

Disaster or everyday risk? Perceiving, managing and commemorating floods in medieval central Europe

Recovering from catastrophe: How medieval society in England coped with disasters

Fear, matter and miracles: Personal protection and coping with disasters through material culture c1200−1600

Part III: Biophysical Hazards

Digging up the victims of the Black Death: A bioarchaeological perspective on the second plague pandemic

Preserving the ordinary: Social resistance during the second pandemic plagues in the Low Countries

Reconstructing the impact of 14th-century demographic disasters on late medieval rural communities in England

Recognising catastrophic cattle-mortality events in England and their repercussions

Medieval archaeology and natural disasters: Looking towards the future

PART IV: Catalogue

19. Catalogue of medieval disasters

Christopher M. Gerrard is a Professor in the Department of Archaeology, Durham University, UK.

Paolo Forlin is a Research Associate in the Department of Archaeology, Durham University, UK.

Peter J. Brown recently completed his PhD in the Department of Archaeology, Durham University, UK.