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" The black death / "
Joseph P. Byrne.
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BL
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1004623
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b758993
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| Main Entry
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Byrne, Joseph Patrick.
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| Title & Author
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The black death /\ Joseph P. Byrne.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, Conn. :: Greenwood Press,, 2004.
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| Series Statement
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Greenwood guides to historic events of the medieval world
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xxx, 231 pages :: illustrations, map ;; 25 cm
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0313324921
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: 9780313324925
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-215) and index.
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| Contents
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Chronology -- Overview: plague in the middle ages -- The black death and modern medicine -- The black death and medieval medicine -- Effects of the black death on European society -- Psychosocial reactions to the black death -- European art and the black death -- Individual and civic responses in Cairo and Florence -- Epilogue: The end of the black death and its continuing fascination -- Abu Abdullah ibn Battuta -- Charles IV -- Clement VI -- Francesco di Marco Datini da Prato -- Galen of Pergamum -- Gentile da Foligno -- Lisad-ad Din ibn al-Khatib -- Francesco Petrarch -- Alexandre Emile John Yersin -- The description of the pestilence : from the Historiarum (after 1355) -- "Wer wil nu wissen das" (c.1349-55) -- Plague Tract (1348) -- Compendium de epidemia, Book 2 (1348) -- "A diet and doctrine for the pestilence" (fifteenth century) -- The treatise on the pestilence in Italian : Chapter 2 (c. 1447) -- Last testament of Marco Datini of Prato, Italy, June 1, 1348 -- "Risal̄ah al-Nabaʼ ʻan al-Wabaʼ" : an essay on the report of the pestilence (1348) -- Anonymous poem in the Chronicle of Damascus, 1389-97 -- "Disputation betwixt the body and worms" -- The jews of Strassburg, February 1349 -- A Florentine diary : December 1496 to February 1499.
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| Abstract
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Looks at the plague that wiped out much of medieval Europe; discussing its impact on society, medicine, culture, and the individual. An ideal introduction and guide to the greatest natural disaster to ever curse humanity, replete with illustrations, biographical sketches, and primary documents. Presents medieval and modern perspectives of this disturbing, yet fascinating tragic historical episode.
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Black Death-- History.
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Peste noire-- Histoire.
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Black Death.
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MEDICAL-- Forensic Medicine.
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MEDICAL-- Preventive Medicine.
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MEDICAL-- Public Health.
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Plague-- History.
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Pest.
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Plague-- history.
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Disease Outbreaks-- history.
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History, Medieval.
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| Dewey Classification
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614.5/732
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| LC Classification
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RC172.B976 2004
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2005 A-207
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WC 355B995b 2004
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