The Black Death 1346-1353
Subtitle: The Complete History
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: October 25, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 454
ISBN-13: 9780851159430
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1000 to c 1500; Death & dying; Epidemiology & medical statistics; European history: c 500 to c 1500; History of medicine; Illness & addiction: social aspects; Social groups & communities; Social history; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Medicine, Medieval; History - General History; History: World; England; Europe; Medieval; History; Infectious Diseases; Science / History; Black Death; Diseases and history; Plague
First sentence: Between the years 1346 and 1353, a terrible disease swept over Western Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe, causing catastrophic losses of population everywhere, both in the countryside and in the towns and cities.