The Complete History of the Black Death
Title | The Complete History of the Black Death PDF eBook |
Author | Ole Jørgen Benedictow |
Publisher | Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | 1059 |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1783275162 |
Completely revised and updated for this new edition, Benedictow's acclaimed study remains the definitive account of the Black Death and its impact on history. The first edition of The Black Death collected and analysed the many local studies on the disease published in a variety of languages and examined a range of scholarly papers. The medical and epidemiological characteristics of the disease, its geographical origin, its spread across Asia Minor, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe, and the mortality in the countries and regions for which there are satisfactory studies, are clearly presented and thoroughly discussed. The pattern, pace and seasonality of spread revealed through close scrutiny of these studies exactly reflect current medical work and standard studies on the epidemiology of bubonic plague. Benedictow's findings made it clear that the true mortality rate was far higher than had been previously thought. In the light of those findings, the discussion in the last part of the book showing the Black Death as a turning point in history takes on a new significance. OLE J. BENEDICTOW is Professor of History at the University of Oslo.
The Black Death, 1346-1353
Title | The Black Death, 1346-1353 PDF eBook |
Author | Ole Jørgen Benedictow |
Publisher | Boydell Press |
Total Pages | 452 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1843832143 |
This study of the Black Death considers the nature of the disease, its origin, spread, mortality and its impact on history.
The Black Death, 2nd Edition
Title | The Black Death, 2nd Edition PDF eBook |
Author | Diane Zahler |
Publisher | Twenty-First Century Books |
Total Pages | 142 |
Release | 2013-01-01 |
Genre | Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1467703753 |
Could a few fleas really change the world? In the early 1300s, the world was on the brink of change. New trade routes in Europe and Asia brought people in contact with different cultures and ideas, while war and rebellions threatened to disrupt the lives of millions. Most people lived in crowded cities or as serfs tied to the lands of their overlords. Conditions were filthy, as most people drank water from the same sources they used for washing and for human waste. In the cramped and rat-infested streets of medieval cities and villages, all it took were the bites of a few plague-infected fleas to start a pandemic that killed roughly half the population of Europe and Asia. The bubonic plague wiped out families, villages, even entire regions. Once the swollen, black buboes appeared on victims’ bodies, there was no way to save them. People died within days. In the wake of such devastation, survivors had to reevaluate their social, scientific, and religious beliefs, laying the groundwork for our modern world. The Black Death outbreak is one of world history’s pivotal moments.
Black Death
Title | Black Death PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Porter |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | 591 |
Release | 2018-09-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1445656868 |
The definitive history of the virulent and fatal plague outbreaks that wiped out half of London's populations from the medieval Black Death of the 1340s to the Great Plagues of the seventeenth century.
The Black Death
Title | The Black Death PDF eBook |
Author | Hourly History |
Publisher | Hourly History |
Total Pages | 45 |
Release | 2016-02-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1096608979 |
Sweeping across the known world with unchecked devastation, the Black Death claimed between 75 million and 200 million lives in four short years. In this engaging and well-researched book, the trajectory of the plague’s march west across Eurasia and the cause of the great pandemic is thoroughly explored. Inside you will read about... ✓ What was the Black Death? ✓ A Short History of Pandemics ✓ Chronology & Trajectory ✓ Causes & Pathology ✓ Medieval Theories & Disease Control ✓ Black Death in Medieval Culture ✓ Consequences Fascinating insights into the medieval mind’s perception of the disease and examinations of contemporary accounts give a complete picture of what the world’s most effective killer meant to medieval society in particular and humanity in general.
Doctoring the Black Death
Title | Doctoring the Black Death PDF eBook |
Author | John Aberth |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 499 |
Release | 2021-09-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 144222391X |
The Black Death of the late Middle Ages is often described as the greatest natural disaster in the history of humankind. More than fifty million people, half of Europe’s population, died during the first outbreak alone from 1347 to 1353. Plague then returned fifteen more times through to the end of the medieval period in 1500, posing the greatest challenge to physicians ever recorded in the history of the medical profession. This engrossing book provides the only comprehensive history of the medical response to the Black Death over time. Leading historian John Aberth has translated many unknown plague treatises from nine different languages that vividly illustrate the human dimensions of the horrific scourge. He includes doctors’ remarkable personal anecdotes, showing how their battles to combat the disease (which often afflicted them personally) and the scale and scope of the plague led many to question ancient authorities. Dispelling many myths and misconceptions about medicine during the Middle Ages, Aberth shows that plague doctors formulated a unique and far-reaching response as they began to treat plague as a poison, a conception that had far-reaching implications, both in terms of medical treatment and social and cultural responses to the disease in society as a whole.
The Black Death 1347-1350
Title | The Black Death 1347-1350 PDF eBook |
Author | Cath Senker |
Publisher | Heinemann-Raintree Library |
Total Pages | 116 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781410922786 |
Did you know that the plague began in central Asia before it swept across Europe, killing one-third of the population? Raging disease wiped out whole towns. In a remote village in Norway, everyone died, except one little girl who survived for months alone. In this book, learn how fleas and rats spread the disease and how the plague ultimately benefited the poor who survived. Fascinating facts about medieval society and medicine are in this book. Timelines, a glossary, ideas for research, and suggestions for future reading are included in this gripping read about a medieval tragedy.