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Benedictow's magisterial study draws on records from across Europe to throw light on the nature of the disease, its origin, spread, mortality, and its impact on history. Aa Reduce text Aa Enlarge text
The scholarly study of the Black Death began in Europe in the nineteenth century with the development of modern history based on source-criticism and social science. However, most of the research on the Black Death has been performed in the last four decades of the twentieth century.
Boydell & Brewer, 2021 - History - 1058 pages. A truly definitive work, this magisterial study draws on the latest evidence from across Europe to show in exhaustive detail the nature of the...
17 mar 2022 · Death dimly recalled : epidemic disease before the Black death -- Death at the door : the Black death and its impact, 1347-1400 -- Dancing with death : understanding and regulating plague, 1400-1500 -- The circle of death : endemic plague, 1500-1700 -- Death's finale : the great London plague, 1665 -- Death's encore : the Marseilles plague ...
7 sie 2023 · From 1348 to 1350 Europe was devastated by an epidemic that left between a third and one half of the population dead. This source book traces, through contemporary writings, the calamitous impact of the Black Death in Europe, with a particular emphasis on its spread across England from 1348 to 1349.
Summary. The name of the Black Death. In the years 1346–1353, a terrible disease swept over Western Asia, the Middle East, northern Africa and Europe, causing catastrophic losses of population everywhere, both in the countryside and in towns and cities.
The Black Death was an epidemic that killed upward of one-third of the population of Eu- rope between 1346 and 1353 (more on proportional mortality below). The precise speci-
