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The Black Death: Natural and Human Disaster in Medieval Europe

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Binding: Paperback
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ISBN: 9780029123706
Publisher: Free Press
Language: English
Page Count: 203
Publication Date: 1/1/1985
Size: 9.31" l x 6.04" w x 0.65"
Series: World History Series

A fascinating work of detective history, The Black Death traces the causes and far-reaching consequences of this infamous outbreak of plague that spread across the continent of Europe from 1347 to 1351. Drawing on sources as diverse as monastic manuscripts and dendrochronological studies (which measure growth rings in trees), historian Robert S. Gottfried demonstrates how a bacillus transmitted by rat fleas brought on an ecological reign of terror - killing one European in three, wiping out entire villages and towns, and rocking the foundation of medieval society and civilization.

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