The Black Death
A Personal History
Da Capo Press · Print & ebook · June 3, 2008
In this fresh approach to the history of the Black Death, world-renowned scholar John Hatcher re-creates everyday life in a mid-fourteenth century rural English village.
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- Genres
- Medieval Britain (1066-1485), Medical History, Epidemiology
- Published
- Da Capo Press, June 3, 2008
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In this fresh approach to the history of the Black Death, world-renowned scholar John Hatcher re-creates everyday life in a mid-fourteenth century rural English village. By focusing on the experiences of ordinary villagers as they lived-and died-during the Black Death (1345-50), Hatcher vividly places the reader directly inside those tumultuous times and describes in fascinating detail the day-to-day existence of people struggling with the tragic effects of the plague.
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Dramatic scenes portray how contemporaries must have felt and thought about these momentous events: what they knew and didn't know about the horrors of the disease, what they believed about death and God's vengeance, and how they tried to make sense of it all despite frantic rumors, frightening tales, and fearful sermons.
Personal History
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- cultural literacy, with a personal angle
- medieval history read as sustained narrative
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- historical perspective over plot
- steady, immersive nonfiction pacing
Where it sits
| Medieval Britain (1066-1485) | 86% |
|---|---|
| Medical History | 51% |
| Epidemiology | 43% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- History
- Authors
- John Hatcher
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Published
- June 3, 2008
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- History