The Black Death: A History of Plagues, 1345-1730By 1340, Europe was beset by a host of problems. Even the ploughing of marginal land had failed to produce enough food to feed the ever-growing population. Poverty, unemployment, and vagrancy were all on the increase. However, by 1400 the situation had changed. There had been a dramatic change but from a wholly unforeseen and unexpected quarter: the Black Death. This horrific disease ripped through towns, villages and families. Men, women, children, young and old succumbed to a painful, drawn out death as pustules, abscesses and boils erupted over their bodies. Within a few decades this virulent and unknown disease had wiped out up to half the population. |
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Acknowledgements | 7 |
DEATH DIMLY RECALLED | 13 |
DEATH AT THE DOOR | 27 |
DANCING WITH DEATH | 57 |
THE CIRCLE OF DEATH | 81 |
DEATHS FINALE | 103 |
DEATHS ENCORE | 129 |
DEATHS MANY FACES | 151 |
DEATHS LEGACY | 169 |
Bibliography and additional reading | 175 |
Index | 185 |