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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Aberth, John. Black death. New York : Oxford University Press, 2020 (DLC) 2020012397 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John Aberth |
| ISBN: | 9780199937981 0199937982 |
| OCLC Number: | 1147945711 |
| Description: | ix, 394 pages : illustrations, maps, 24 cm |
| Contents: | Introduction: what was the Black Death? -- "It began in the Land of Darkness": the geographical origin and spread of the Second Pandemic -- Bring out your dead! how many people died curing the Great Mortality? -- Doctoring the Black Death: the medical response to plague -- What goes around comes around: the environmental aspects of the Black Death -- "Al shal [not] be wel": the religious response to the Great Mortality -- "To you myn hand is rawght to this daunce": the artistic impact of the Black Death -- The "Red Knights of Christ": the Flagellant Movement -- "They process to the flames dancing, singing, and weeping": the artificial poison conspiracy -- When brothers abandoned brothers: the social impacts of the Black Death -- The peasants are revolting: the new realities of the plague economy -- Epilogue: could the Black Death happen again? lessons to be learned in the modern world. |
| Responsibility: | John Aberth. |
Abstract:
"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 to date"--
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