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Daily life during the Black Death
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Daily life during the Black Death

Author: Joseph Patrick Byrne
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006.
Series: '">The Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The book opens with an outline of the course of the pandemic, the causes and nature of bubonic plague, and the recent revisionist views of what the Black Death really was. The author presents the phenomenon of plague thematically by focusing on the places where people lived and worked: the home, the church and cemetery, the village, the pest houses, the streets and roads. The book then investigates contemporary  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Joseph Patrick Byrne
ISBN: 0313332975 9780313332975
OCLC Number: 65764860
Description: xii, 326 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents: At medical school -- At the doctor's office -- At home with the plague -- At the church and churchyard -- At the bishop's palace and the monastery -- At the pest house -- At city hall -- On the streets and roads of Europe -- At the bookseller's and the theater -- In the village and on the manor -- In the medieval Muslim world -- The plague's last stand in Europe.
Series Title: The Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series
Other Titles: Black Death
Responsibility: Joseph P. Byrne.
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Abstract:

The book opens with an outline of the course of the pandemic, the causes and nature of bubonic plague, and the recent revisionist views of what the Black Death really was. The author presents the phenomenon of plague thematically by focusing on the places where people lived and worked: the home, the church and cemetery, the village, the pest houses, the streets and roads. The book then investigates contemporary theories of the causes of plague, doctors' futile attempts to treat victims, the authorities' vain attempts to prevent the pestilence, and its social impact. The narrative includes vivid examples from across Europe throughout the period, and presents the words of witnesses and victims themselves wherever possible.--From publisher description.

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