The Black Death: Natural and Human Disaster in Medieval EuropeRobert 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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User Review - asukamaxwell - LibraryThingThe author opens with the causation, toxicity and enzootic properties of diseases and why plague was so virulent compared to contemporary diseases. They then cover how Europe and its people functioned ... Read full review
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Contents
A Natural History of Plague | 1 |
The European Environment 10501347 | 16 |
The Plagues Beginnings | 33 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Black Death: Natural and Human Disaster in Medieval Europe |
| Author | Robert Steven Gottfried |
| Publisher | Free Press, 1983 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | Aug 21, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0029126304, 9780029126301 |
| Length | 203 pages |
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