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.
The Black Death
Series of well - illustrated essays on epidemics of different diseases from ancient to modern times . Contains brief but useful overview of the Black Death by Ann Carmichael . McNeill , William H. Plagues and Peoples .
*§E"r Master John, who had the cure of souls in Walsham, was a blessing to his parishioners. For many years before his arrival they had suffered sorely from the neglect of their parish priest, Robert Shepherd, a man who was more ...
In this fresh approach to the history of the Black Death, John Hatcher, a world-renowned scholar of the Middle Ages, recreates everyday life in a mid-fourteenth century rural English village.
Uses eyewitness acounts, contemporary narratives, and personal anecdotes to present a portrait of conditions during the Black Death.
In the SUTTON ILLUSTRATED HISTORY PAPERBACKS series Ziegler's study synthesizes the records of contemporary chroniclers which covered the social and economic upheaval caused by the Black Death in the mid...
Inside you will read about... ✓ What was the Black Death? ✓ A Short History of Pandemics ✓ Chronology & Trajectory ✓ Causes & Pathology ✓ Medieval Theories & Disease Control ✓ Black Death in Medieval Culture ✓ Consequences ...
How the people of a typical English village lived and died in the worst epidemic in history. The Black Death remains the greatest disaster to befall humanity, killing about half the population of the planet in the 14th century.
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.
Author Don Nardo explores the complex moral, economic, and scientific implications of the Black Death.
Together, they both introduced the Black Death to Europe and led to mostly incorrect attempts to explain it.
An explanation of the origins and spread of the plague through England and the continent and the social and economic consequences.
The Black Death: The Impact of the Fourteenth-century Plague : Papers of the Eleventh Annual Conference of the Center for...
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.
New to the "Problems in European Civilization" series, this is the only text to contain secondary sources on the Black Death. Organized by cultural, municipal, and medical reaction to the...
Together, they both introduced the Black Death to Europe and led to mostly incorrect attempts to explain it.
"A higher education history book on the Black Death, giving not just a narrative account but also a thorough examination of the latest forensic, historical, and DNA evidence"--
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.
Those physician notes are included in the book. This book goes into detail on some of the radical decisions made in the world during the Black Plague.