Synthesizing the records of contemporary chroniclers and the work of later historians, Philip Ziegler offers a critically acclaimed overview of this crucial epoch in a single masterly volume.
Population, Land, Technology, and Farm Management,” in The Song-Yu ̈an-Ming Transition in Chinese History, edited by Paul Smith and Richard von Glahn (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003), 134–175. Hymes, Robert P. “Not Quite ...
This series provides texts central to medieval studies courses and focuses upon the diverse cultural, social and political conditions that affected the functioning of all levels of medieval society.
Completely revised and updated for this new edition, Benedictow's acclaimed study remains the definitive account of the Black Death and its impact on history.
The World the Plague Made is a panoramic history of how the bubonic plague revolutionized labour, trade and technology and set the stage for Europe's global expansion.
A fascinating account of the phenomenon known as the Black Death, this volume offers a wealth of documentary material focused on the initial outbreak of the plague that ravaged the world in the 14th century.
This engrossing book provides a comprehensive history of the medical response to the Black Death.
The Black Death: The Impact of the Fourteenth-century Plague : Papers of the Eleventh Annual Conference of the Center for...
This book, based principally on Arabic sources, establishes the means of transmission and the chronology of the plague pandemic's advance through the Middle East.
Compassionate and arresting, this exploration of three major diseases that have changed the course of history—the bubonic plague, smallpox, and AIDS—chronicles their fearsome death toll, their lasting social, economic, and political ...