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The Black Death : a new history of the great mortality in Europe, 1347-1500

Author: John Aberth
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Edition/Format:   Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"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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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Aberth, John.
Black death.
New York : Oxford University Press, 2020
(DLC) 2020012397
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.

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"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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