The Black Death
Subtitle: the great mortality of 1348-1350 : a brief history with documents
By: John Aberth
Edition: Second edition.
Series: The Bedford series in history and culture; Bedford series in history and culture (Palgrave (Firm))
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's Macmillan Learning
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9781319048877
Subjects: Black Death; Sources
Description: This new edition continues to provide a fascinating account of the plague that ravaged the world in the fourteenth century. An updated introduction provides important background information and addresses the "plague denial" controversy. A new section of documents on environmental explanations for and responses to the plague joins sections on the origin and spread of the illness; the responses of medical practitioners; the societal and economic impact; religious responses; the flagellant movement and attacks on Jews provoked by the plague; and the artistic response.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.