The Black Death
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · April 7, 2009
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- Who it’s for
- A readable account of plague and the upheaval that shook medieval Europe.
- Themes
- The Black Death, Mass death and destruction, Social and economic upheaval
- Genres
- Medieval History, Contagious Diseases, Medical History
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“As exciting and readable an account as you could wish.” — The Guardian “Fascinating.” – Bill Bryson The Black Death vividly and comprehensively brings to light the full horror of this uniquely catastrophic event that hastened the disintegration of an age. A series of natural disasters in the Orient during the fourteenth century brought about the most devastating period of death and destruction in European history.
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The epidemic killed one-third of Europe's people over a period of three years, and the resulting social and economic upheaval was on a scale unparalleled in all of recorded history. Synthesizing the records of contemporary chroniclers and the work of later historians, Philip Ziegler offers a critically acclaimed overview of this crucial epoch in a single masterly volume.
History Under Strain
A readable account of plague and the upheaval that shook medieval Europe.
Come here for
- A clear view of plague’s place in medieval European history
- The human and economic scale of a catastrophe
Expect
- A synthesis of contemporary chronicles and later historians
- An account centered on devastation and social upheaval
Where it sits
| Medieval History | 93% |
|---|---|
| Contagious Diseases | 40% |
| Medical History | 37% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Medieval History
- Medical History
- Natural Disasters
- Authors
- Philip Ziegler
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- April 7, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- The Black Death · Mass death and destruction · Social and economic upheaval
- Reading lane
- Medieval History