The first paperback edition of this unique and shocking guide to the Black Death in Europe.
This engrossing book provides a comprehensive history of the medical response to the Black Death.
If the twenty-first century seems an unlikely stage for the return of a 14th-century killer, the authors of Return of the Black Death argue that the plague, which vanquished half of Europe, has only lain dormant, waiting to emerge ...
Together, they both introduced the Black Death to Europe and led to mostly incorrect attempts to explain it.
Rees, U., “The leases of Haughmond Abbey, Shropshire”, Midland History 8, 1983, pp. 14-28. Rees, U. (ed.), The cartulary ofHaughmond Abbey (Cardiff, Shropshire Archaeological Society and University ofWales Press, 1985).
Together, they both introduced the Black Death to Europe and led to mostly incorrect attempts to explain it.
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.
'The Prospect of Global History' offers a new approach to the study of history, looking at the subject across a greater chronological range and seeking perspectives from sources beyond conventional European narratives.
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.
Major account of the fourteenth-century crisis which saw a series of famines, revolts and epidemics transform the medieval world.
This collection of essays on English society and economy in the later Middle Ages provides a worthy tribute to the pioneering work of John Hatcher in this field.