Word: langere
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...memorable date was that of William L. Langer's last Harvard lecture...
...antidote to "the false caricature" that faculties consist of "schorlarly recluses hiding out in their labs or in the library" and "a tribe of semi-literate extroverts who charm and inspire the students," Ford cited the "great teacher-scholars" of Harvard, like William L. Langer '15, Coolidge Professor of History; Edward M. Purcell, Gerhard Gade University Professor; and Harry A. Wolfson '12, Nathan Litauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy, Emeritus...
...those who could not flee from the cities "life was an unrelieved nightmare," Langer stated. "You could hear the rumble of coffin carts all day long; parents deserted their children and people went mad with terror...
...Langer also outlined the "polarization of attitutes among the population," as some people became fanatically pious engaging in flagellation, magic or witchcraft while others "gave themselves up to drunkeness and debauchery." He quoted a medieval source which spoke of "drunkards and whoremongers following their lasts with the sword of the pestilance hanging over them." Langer called this "the Boccacio effect, a common human reaction to the threat of impending death...
...discussing long-term effects of the Black Death, Langer said that "the richness and extravagence of the later Middle. Ages were no doubt also attributable to the horrors through which society had passed." He further mentioned the vast economic effects of the plague, which he termed a cause of the European economic stagnation that continued through...