The Black Death: History's Most Effective Killer
Henry Freeman, "The Black Death: History's Most Effective Killer"
2016 | ISBN: 1523951060 | 44 pages | EPUB, MOBI | 1 MB
2016 | ISBN: 1523951060 | 44 pages | EPUB, MOBI | 1 MB
Sweeping across the known world with unchecked devastation, the Black Death claimed between 75 million and 200 million lives in four short years. In this engaging and well-researched book, the trajectory of the plague’s march west across Eurasia and the cause of the great pandemic is thoroughly explored.
Inside you will read about…
- What was the Black Death? - A Short History of Pandemics - Chronology & Trajectory - Causes & Pathology - Medieval Theories & Disease Control - Black Death in Medieval Culture - Consequences Fascinating insights into the medieval mind’s perception of the disease and examinations of contemporary accounts give a complete picture of what the world’s most effective killer meant to medieval society in particular and humanity in general.