Professor Ole J Benedictow

The Complete History of the Black Death

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A truly definitive work, this magisterial study draws on the latest evidence from across Europe to show in exhaustive detail the nature of the disease, its origin, spread, mortality, and its profound impact on history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 1058
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 175mm x 54mm
• Gewicht: 1720g
• ISBN-13: 9781783275168
• ISBN-10: 1783275162
• Artikelnr.: 58037601

Autorenporträt

OLE J. BENEDICTOW is Professor of History at the University of Oslo.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface The Black Death The Black Death: the epidemic disaster that made
history The Return of the Black Death and the Response Transmission of
Lethal Doses of Bacteria in Bubonic Plague Medical and Clinical Features of
Bubonic Plague Basic Aspects of the Epidemiology of Bubonic Plague
Historical Presence and Role of Black Rats in the Black Death (and Later
Plague Epidemics) Seasonality of Bubonic Plague Short History of plague
before the Black Death The Original Outbreak and early Spread of the Black
Death in the Lands of the Golden Horde Ships and Sailing Rates: The
Importance of Ships in the Spread of the Black Death The Caucasus, Asia
Minor, the Middle East and North Africa Mediterranean Europe: The
Establishment of Epicentres of Spread of the Black Death in Greece, Italy
and France The Balkan Countries and North-Eastern Italy: The Role of
Venetian Galleys in the Spread of the Black Death on the Eastern Coast of
the Adriatic Sea to Venice The Iberian Peninsula: The Spanish Kingdoms, the
Kingdom of Portugal, and the Kingdom of Grenada Italy France Belgium
Switzerland Britain Ireland Norway Denmark Sweden The Netherlands Austria
Hungary Germany and the State of the Order of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia
and the Baltic Countries) Bohemia Poland Russia Some Countries or Regions
that Escaped the Black Death Patterns of Conquest, Dynamics of Spread The
Black Death established a Plague Reservoir among Black Rats and the Realm
of the Second Plague Pandemic The Medieval Demographic System Structures of
Medieval Demography and the Demography of Historical Plague Studies Spain
Italy France and the County of Savoy Belgium Germany England How many
people died in the Black Death? The Inverse Correlation between Mortality
rate and Population Density: Why the Black Death could kill around 60% of
Europe's Population The Black Death: a Turning Point in History?
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