Mary Spital cemetery, which date to between 1120-1300 (n = 143). Nicholas Shambles (n = 246) cemeteries, which date to the 11 th–12 th centuries, and from two phases within the St. The pre-Black Death sample comes from the Guildhall Yard (n = 75) and St. Samples are drawn from several pre- and post-Black Death London cemeteries. This study investigates whether the combination of the selective mortality of the Black Death and post-epidemic improvements in standards of living had detectable effects on survival and mortality in London. Following the epidemic, there were improvements in standards of living, particularly in dietary quality for all socioeconomic strata. It killed tens of millions of Europeans, and recent analyses have shown that the disease targeted elderly adults and individuals who had been previously exposed to physiological stressors. 1347-1351) was one of the most devastating epidemics in human history.
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