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Black Death

Robert Steven Gottfried
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      A fascinating work of detective history, The Black Death traces the causes and far-reaching consequences of this infamous outbreak of plague that spread across the continent of Europe from 1347 to 1351. A fascinating work of detective history, The Black Death traces the causes and far-reaching consequences of this infamous outbreak of plague that spread across the continent of Europe from 1347 to 1351. Drawing on sources as diverse as monastic manuscripts and dendrochronological studies (which measure growth rings in trees), historian Robert S. Gottfried demonstrates how a bacillus transmitted by rat fleas brought on an ecological reign of terror--killing one European in three, wiping out entire villages and towns, and rocking the foundation of medieval society and civilization.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Robert Steven Gottfried EAN: 9780029123706 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 321 g HEIGHT: 178 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Simon & Schuster DATE PUBLISHED: 1985-03-01 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, MEDICAL / Forensic Medicine, MEDICAL / History WIDTH: 111 cm SPINE:

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      Europe, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made), European history: medieval period, middle ages

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      Robert S. Gottfried is Professor of History and Director of Medieval Studies at Rutgers University. Among his other books is Epidemic Disease in Fifteenth Century England.
      A fascinating work of detective history, The Black Death traces the causes and far-reaching consequences of this infamous outbreak of plague that spread across the continent of Europe from 1347 to 1351. A fascinating work of detective history, The Black Death traces the causes and far-reaching consequences of this infamous outbreak of plague that spread across the continent of Europe from 1347 to 1351. Drawing on sources as diverse as monastic manuscripts and dendrochronological studies (which measure growth rings in trees), historian Robert S. Gottfried demonstrates how a bacillus transmitted by rat fleas brought on an ecological reign of terror--killing one European in three, wiping out entire villages and towns, and rocking the foundation of medieval society and civilization.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Robert Steven Gottfried EAN: 9780029123706 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 321 g HEIGHT: 178 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Simon & Schuster DATE PUBLISHED: 1985-03-01 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, MEDICAL / Forensic Medicine, MEDICAL / History WIDTH: 111 cm SPINE:

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      Europe, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made), European history: medieval period, middle ages

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      Robert S. Gottfried is Professor of History and Director of Medieval Studies at Rutgers University. Among his other books is Epidemic Disease in Fifteenth Century England.

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