The Black Death, the Great Mortality of 1348-1350: A Brief History with Documents

by John Aberth

Book Overview

Take a deep dive into understanding The Black Plague from all angles, from environmental to medical to religious as Black Death, The Great Mortality of 1348-1350 shares documents from multiple countries in order to create a complete picture of the impact of this sad event in history.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1319048870
• ISBN13: 9781319048877
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Bedford Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

scholarly

Good book, the important primary source documents are there. The discussions of them are brief but good.

Great read if you have to read it!

Read it for Western Civs class don't regret it, it has great letters and documents. A great pre-renaissance read.

Black Death Review

This book was very informative about the Plague. The documents were very helpful in understand the different aspects of the Plague, including the social political and economical. It was also an easy read.