The Black Death
The Black Death is the name most commonly given to the pandemic of bubonic plague that ravaged the medieval world in the late 1340s. From Central Asia the plague swept through Europe, leaving millions of dead in its wake. Between a quarter and a third of Europe's population died. In England the population fell from nearly six million to just over three million. The Black Death was the greatest demographic disaster in European history. Sean Martin looks at the origins of the disease and traces its terrible march through Europe from the Italian cities to the farflung corners of Scandinavia
History
1 online resource (130 pages)
9781842435533, 9781903047743, 1842435531, 1903047749
781614816
Cover; Title page; Contents; 1. King Death; 2. Mortal Pestilences and Other Calamities; 3. Here Death is Chalking Doors with Crosses; 4. Satan Triumphant; 5. The Year of the Annihilation; 6. The Pestilence Tyme; 7. The Triumph of Death; Appendix: Selective Chronology of Plague Outbreaks; Suggestions for Further Reading; Copyright
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