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Record Nr.

UNINA9910149553003321

Autore

Martin Sean

Titolo

The Black Death [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oldcastle Books, 2011

ISBN

1-903047-74-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (127 p.)

Disciplina

940.17

Soggetti

Black death

Civilization, Medieval

Plague -- History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

The Black Death is the name most commonly given to the pandemic of bubonic plague that ravaged the medieval world in the late 1340's. 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 far-flung corners of Scandinavia