View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by ZENODO The Black Death in Wales Author(s): William Rees Source: Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Vol. 3 (1920), pp. 115-135 Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Royal Historical Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3678308 Accessed: 27-06-2016 05:55 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://about.jstor.org/terms JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Royal Historical Society, Cambridge University Press are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Transactions of the Royal Historical Society This content downloaded from 131.104.62.10 on Mon, 27 Jun 2016 05:55:26 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms THE BLACK DEATH IN WALES By WILLIAM REES, M.A., D.Sc., (EcoN.) F.R.HIsT.S. (SOMETIME FELLOW OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES) Read May 13, 1920 THE epidemics of the fourteenth century have been the subject of much discussion by eminent scholars, whose investigations have been supplemented by detailed studies of various localities. No considered attempt, however, has been made to trace the course of the disease within Wales, which, by reason of its isolated position and mountainous character, is frequently regarded as having largely escaped the visitation.