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The complete history of the Black Death /
The Black Death was a disaster of huge magnitude, shaking medieval Europe and beyond to its economic and social core. Building upon his acclaimed study of 2004, the author here draws upon updated scholarship and research to present a comprehensive, definitive account of the Black Death and its impac...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Melton :
Boydell Press,
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface to the First Edition
- Author's Notes on the New and Revised Edition
- Glossary
- What Was the Black Death? The Black Death ; The Black Death : The Epidemic Disaster that Made History ; The Return of the Black Death and the Response ; Transmission of Lethal Doses of Bacteria in Bubonic Plague ; Medical and Clinical Features of Bubonic Plague ; Basic Aspects of the Epidemiology of Bubonic Plague ; Historical Presence and Role of Black Rats in the Black Death (and Later Plague Epidemics) ; Seasonality of Bubonic Plague
- The Origin of Bubonic Plague and the History of Plague Before the Black Death. A Short History of Plague before the Black Death
- The Outbreak and Spread of the Black Death. The Original Outbreak and Early Spread of the Black Death in the Lands of the Golden Horde ; Ships and Sailing Rates : the Importance of Ships in the Spread of the Black Death ; The Caucasus, Asia Minor, the Middle East and North Africa ; Mediterranean Europe : the Establishment of Epicentres of Spread of the Black Death in Greece, Italy and France ; The Balkan Countries and North-Eastern Italy : the Role of Venetian Galleys in the Spread of the Black Death on the Eastern Coast of the Adriatic Sea to Venice ; The Iberian Peninsula : the Spanish Kingdoms, the Kingdom of Portugal and the Kingdom of Granada ; Italy ; France ; Belgium ; Switzerland ; Britain ; Ireland ; Norway ; Denmark ; Sweden ; The Netherlands ; Austria ; Hungary ; Germany and the State of the Order of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia and the Baltic Countries) ; Bohemia ; Poland ; Russia ; Some Countries or Regions that Escaped the Black Death ; Patterns of Conquest, Dynamics of Spread ; The Black Death Established a Plague Reservoir among Black Rats and the Realm of the Second Plague Pandemic
- Mortality in the Black Death. The Medieval Demographic System ; Structures of Medieval Demography and the Demography of Historical Plague Studies ; Spain ; Italy ; France and the County of Savoy ; Belgium ; Germany ; England ; How Many People Died in the Black Death? ; The Inverse Correlation Between Mortality Rate and Population Density : Why the Black Death Could Kill Around 60% of Europe's Population
- A Turning Point in History? The Black Death : A Turning Point in History?