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The black death /
The Black Death is the name most commonly given to the pandemic of bubonic plague that ravaged the medieval world in the late 1340s. 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, and in Englan...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Harpenden, Herts [England] :
Pocket Essentials,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Black Death is the name most commonly given to the pandemic of bubonic plague that ravaged the medieval world in the late 1340s. 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, and in England the population fell from nearly six million to just over three million. 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. He describes contemporary responses to the plague and makes clear ho. |
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| Notas: | Originally published: 2001. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (158 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-151) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781842435533 1842435531 9781842435526 1842435523 9781848395794 1848395795 |