Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
Chartwell Books (2009), Hardcover, 160 pages
Description
The Black Death is the name most commonly given to the pandemic of bubonic plague that ravaged the medieval world in the late 1340's. From Central Asia the plague swept through Europe, leaving millions of dead in its wake. Between a quarter and a third of Europe's population died. In England the population fell from nearly six million to just over three million. The Black Death was the greatest demographic disaster in European history. Sean Martin looks at the origins of the disease and traces its terrible march through Europe from the Italian cities to the far-flung corners of Scandinavia.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
160 p.; 7.4 inches
ISBN
0785822895 / 9780785822899
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