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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| Názov | The Black Death: A History of Plagues, 1345-1730 |
| Autori | William G. Naphy, Andrew Spicer |
| Vydanie | ilustrované, dotlač |
| Vydavateľ | Tempus, 2001 |
| Zdroj originálu: | Michiganská univerzita |
| Digitalizované | 5. aug. 2009 |
| Kód ISBN | 0752423088, 9780752423081 |
| Dĺžka | 192 strán (strany) |
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