From the brink of the apocalypse
Subtitle: confronting famine, war, plague, and death in the later middle ages
By: John Aberth.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism; Disasters -- England -- History -- To 1500; Famines -- England -- History -- To 1500; Hundred Years War, 1339-1453; Black Death -- England; Great Britain -- History -- Lancaster and York, 1399-1485; Great Britain -- History -- 14th century; England -- Civilization -- 1066-1485
Description: "Relying on rich literary and historical sources John Aberth brings this period to life. Taking his themes from the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, he describes how the Great Famine and Black Death swept away nearly half of Europe's population, while the royal houses of England and France were engaged in a Hundred Years War that meant perpetual political strife. Above all loomed the specter of Death, ever present and constantly feared.".

"Throughout the later Middle Ages, ordinary people were transformed by these daunting and fearful series of crises, yet in their prayers, chronicles, poetry, and especially their commemorative art are foreshadowings of the age to come. As John Aberth reveals in this informative and sympathetic work, in their struggles we glimpse the birth of the modern."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-291) and index.