The great mortality : an intimate history of the Black Death / John Kelly.
The great mortality : an intimate history of the Black Death / John Kelly.
The great mortality : an intimate history of the Black Death / John Kelly.
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London : Fourth Estate, c2005.
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N614.5732/6
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English
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Physical content
xvii, 364 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Oimmeddam -- Ch. 2. "They are monsters, not men" -- Ch. 3. The day before The Day of the Dead -- Ch. 4. Sicilian Autumn -- Ch. 5. Villani's last sentence -- Ch. 6. The curse of the grand master -- Ch. 7. The new Galenism -- Ch. 8. "Days of death without sorrow" -- Ch. 9. Heads to the West, fe...
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Publisher
London : Fourth Estate, c2005.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2005.
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Summary
"The Great Mortality is John Kelly's narrative account of the medieval plague, from its beginnings on the desolate, windswept steppes of Central Asia to its journey through the teeming cities of Europe." "The Great Mortality also looks at new theories about the cause of the plague and takes into account why some scientists and historians believe th...
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The great mortality : an intimate history of the Black Death / John Kelly.
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Includes index.
Bibliography, p. [305]-341.
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c2005.
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N614.5732/6
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74VKPE5ZjpN3
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ISBN
0007150695 (hbk.)
9780060006921
0060006927
9780007150694 (hbk.)
DDC
614.5732
MMS ID
991019665059702626
