The Black Death of 1348 and 1349
Author: Francis Aidan Gasquet
Publisher: London : G. Bell and sons
Published: 1908
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13:
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Black Death
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Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2013-01-01
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 152611271X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This series provides texts central to medieval studies courses and focuses upon the diverse cultural, social and political conditions that affected the functioning of all levels of medieval society. Translations are accompanied by introductory and explanatory material and each volume includes a comprehensive guide to the sources' interpretation, including discussion of critical linguistic problems and an assessment of recent research on the topics covered. 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. Rosemary Horrox surveys contemporary attempts to explain the plague, which was universally regarded as an expression of divine vengeance for the sins of humankind. Moralists all had their particular targets for criticism. However, this emphasis on divine chastisement did not preclude attempts to explain the plague in medical or scientific terms. Also, there was a widespread belief that human agencies had been involved, and such scapegoats as foreigners, the poor and Jews were all accused of poisoning wells. The final section of the book charts the social and psychological impact of the plague, and its effect on the late-medieval economy.
In the Wake of the Plague
Author: Norman F. Cantor
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2015-03-17
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1476797749
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Black Death was the fourteenth century's equivalent of a nuclear war. It wiped out one-third of Europe's population, taking millions of lives. The author draws together the most recent scientific discoveries and historical research to pierce the mist and tell the story of the Black Death as a gripping, intimate narrative.
The Black Death of 1348 and 1349
Author: Francis Aidan Gasquet
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Published: 2020-04-23
Total Pages: 240
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This interesting monograph is practically a reprint of the author's Great Pestilence of 1348-1349, published in 1893. The title has been popularized; for the term Black Death", as applied to the pestilence in England, is no older than the nineteenth century; Since the publication of the original work, the cause of the transmission of bubonic plagues has been discovered, through observations in the plague-stricken districts of India, to be the rat-flea. In his preface to the second edition, the author accepts this discovery for the plague of 1348-1349.Dr. Gasquet has estimated the Black Death at its true value. Hitherto, historians have regarded this terrible epidemic as an isolated incident of Edward III's long and eventful reign, of less interest and far less importance than the French wars. Dr. Gasquet, on the other hand, treats it as the most important event of the Middle Ages, and a prime factor in the making of modern England. It was, as he remarks in his introduction, "a turning point in the national life. It formed the real close of the Mediaeval period and the beginning of our Modern Age."
The Black Death of 1348 and 1349
Author: Cardinal Francis Aidan Gasquet
Publisher:
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13:
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Author: Ole Jørgen Benedictow
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 1843832143
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This study of the Black Death considers the nature of the disease, its origin, spread, mortality and its impact on history.
The Black Death 1348 - 1350: A Brief History with Documents
Author: John Aberth
Publisher: Bedford
Published: 2005-02-01
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780312400873
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This new text offers a wealth of documentary material focused on the initial outbreak of the plague that ravaged the world in the 14th century. A comprehensive introduction providing background on the origins and spread of the Black Death is followed by nearly 50 documents covering the responses of medical practitioners; the social and economic impact; religious responses. Each chapter has an introduction that summarizes the issues explored in the documents and headnotes to provide additional background material. The book contains documents from many countries - including Muslim and Byzantine sources - to give students a variety of perspectives on this devastating illness and its consequences.
The Black Death and the Transformation of the West
Author: David Herlihy
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1997-09-28
Total Pages: 126
ISBN-13: 0674744233
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this small book David Herlihy makes subtle and subversive inquiries that challenge historical thinking about the Black Death. Looking beyond the view of the plague as unmitigated catastrophe, Herlihy finds evidence for its role in the advent of new population controls, the establishment of universities, the spread of Christianity, the dissemination of vernacular cultures, and even the rise of nationalism. This book, which displays a distinguished scholar's masterly synthesis of diverse materials, reveals that the Black Death can be considered the cornerstone of the transformation of Europe.
The Great Pestilence (A. D. 1348-9)
