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The black death Cover Image Book

The black death / Jordan McMullin, book editor.

McMullin, Jordan. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 0737714980
  • ISBN: 9780737714982
  • ISBN: 0737714999
  • ISBN: 9780737714999
  • Physical Description: 111 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: Farmington Hills, Mich. : Greenhaven Press ; [2003]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-106) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: The Plague to End All Humankind 10 -- Chapter 1 "We All Fall Down": The Causes and Immediate Devastation of the Black Death -- 1. Arrival of the Plague in Europe / Charles L. Mee Jr. 16 -- 2. Recent Scientific Reassessments of the Black Death / Norman F. Cantor 26 -- Chapter 2 "The Whole Place Was a Sepulchre": Contemporary Chronicles of the Black Death -- 1. Death Comes to Florence / Giovanni Boccaccio 33 -- 2. Impact of the Black Death in England / Henry Knighton 41 -- 3. A Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of the Plague / John of Burgundy 47 -- Chapter 3 "The World Turned Upside Down": Reactions to and Repercussions of the Black Death -- 1. Desperate Responses: The Flagellants and the Persecution of Jews / Philip Ziegler 55 -- 2. Devastating and Far-Reaching Effects of the Black Death / Robert S. Gottfried 70 -- 3. Advances in Medicine, Surgery, and Public Sanitation / Anna Montgomery Campbell 88 -- 4. Competing Historical Interpretations of the Black Death / Faye Marie Getz 94.

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