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BL
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1024238
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b778608
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Martin, Sean,1966-
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| Title & Author
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The black death /\ Sean Martin.
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| Publication Statement
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Harpenden, Herts [England] :: Pocket Essentials,, 2007.
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1 online resource (158 pages)
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1848395795
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: 1904048862
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: 9781848395794
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: 9781904048862
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9781842435526
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| Notes
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Originally published: 2001.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-151) and index.
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| Contents
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King death -- Mortal pestilences and other calamities -- Here death is chalking doors with crosses -- Satan triumphant -- The year of the annihilation -- The pastilence tyme -- The triumph of death.
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| Abstract
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The Black Death is the name most commonly given to the pandemic of bubonic plague that ravaged the medieval world in the late 1340s. From Central Asia the plague swept through Europe, leaving millions of dead in its wake. Between a quarter and a third of Europe's population died. In England the population fell from nearly six million to just over three million. The Black Death was the greatest demographic disaster in European history. Sean Martin looks at the origins of the disease and traces its terrible march through Europe from the Italian cities to the far-flung corners of Scandinavia. He describes contemporary responses to the plague and makes clear how helpless was the medicine of the day in the face of it. He examines the renewed persecution of the Jews, blamed by many Christians for the spread of the disease, and highlights the bizarre attempts by such groups as the Flagellants to ward off what they saw as the wrath of God. His book is a vivid and dramatic account of one of the great catastrophes of history.
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Black Death-- Europe.
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Communicable diseases-- Europe.
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Disease Outbreaks.
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Plague.
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Black Death.
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Communicable diseases.
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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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Social conditions
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Europe, Social conditions, To 1492.
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Europe.
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Europe.
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| Dewey Classification
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614.5/7320940902
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RC178.A1M37 2007eb
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2007 K-712
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WA 105M383b 2007
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