In the Wake of the Plague The Black Death and the World It Made

Name: In the Wake of the Plague The Black Death and the World It Made
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ISBN: 9780060014346

ISBN-10: 0060014342

ISBN-13: 9780060014346

Edition: 2002

Authors: Norman Cantor, Norman F. Cantor

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The Black Death was the fourteenth century's equivalent of a nuclear war. It wiped out one-third of Europe's population, takingmillion lives. And yet, most of what we know about it is wrong. The details of the Plague etched in the minds of terrified schoolchildren -- the hideous black welts, the high fever, and the awful end by respiratory failure -- are more or less accurate. But what the Plague really was and how it made history remain shrouded in a haze of myths. Now, Norman Cantor, the premier historian of the Middle Ages, draws together the most recent scientific discoveries and groundbreaking historical research to pierce the mist and tell the story of the Black Death as a gripping,…

Book details

List price: $13.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 4/16/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English




Biomedical Context



All Fall Down



Rodents and Cattle



People



Bordeaux Is Burning



Lord and Peasants



Death Comes to the Archbishop



Women and Men of Property



The Jewish Conspiracy



History



Serpents and Cosmic Dust



Heritage of the African Rifts



Aftermath


Knowing About the Black Death: A Critical Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index