Complete History of the Black Death

This book is a comprehensive and definitive account of the Black Death and its impact on European history,drawing on the latest evidence from across Europe. It reveals that the true mortality rate was far higher than previously thought,making it a turning point in history.

Format: Hardback
Length: 1058 pages
Publication date: 15 January 2021
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

This magisterial study, a true masterpiece, delves into the latest evidence from across Europe, providing an exhaustive account of the Black Death's nature, origin, spread, mortality, and its profound impact on history. The Black Death was a calamity of immense proportions, shaking medieval Europe and beyond to its very economic and social core. Building upon his acclaimed study of 2004, Ole Benedictow here presents a comprehensive and definitive account of the Black Death and its profound influence on European history. The medical and epidemiological characteristics of the disease, its geographical origin, its spread across Asia Minor, the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and Russia, and the mortality rates in the countries and regions for which sufficient studies exist are meticulously presented and thoroughly discussed. The pattern, pace, and seasonality of the disease's spread reflect current medical work and standard studies on the epidemiology of bubonic plague. Benedictow's findings unequivocally demonstrate that the true mortality rate was far higher than previously believed: some 60% of Europe's population. In the light of these revelations, the discussion of the Black Death as a turning point in history assumes a new significance.

Weight: 1688g
Dimension: 182 x 248 x 56 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781783275168