4 edition of Encyclopedia of the Black Death found in the catalog.
Published
2012
by ABC-CLIO in Santa Barbara, Calif
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-404) and index.
| Statement | Joseph P. Byrne |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | RC172 .B98 2012 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | xxii, 429 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 429 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL25202478M |
| ISBN 10 | 1598842536, 1598842544 |
| ISBN 10 | 9781598842531, 9781598842548 |
| LC Control Number | 2011031689 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 729344530 |
All entries conclude with a list of references, and see also references are included, where helpful. A glossary, an extensive bibliography, and a general index round out the work. This single-volume resource will serve as a good starting point for research on the Black Death." - Booklist "This is a terrific subject encyclopedia/5(1). The first outbreak of the Black Death indisputably was the deadliest but the death rate varied widely according to place and social stratum. National estimates of mortality for England, where the evidence is fullest, range from five percent, to percent among aristocrats holding land from the king, to forty to forty—five percent of the.
The bubonic plague was the most commonly seen form during the Black Death, with a mortality rate of % and symptoms including fever of 38 - 41 °C ( °F), headaches, painful aching joints, nausea and vomiting, and a general feeling of malaise. The Black Death Overview. The pandemic of bubonic plague that swept across Europe between and is known today as the Black Death, though contemporaries called it the "Great Pestilence," and the disease itself was generally known as peste. During these years, plague affected the lives of all Europeans, and killed nearly half of them.
The Black Death, also known as The Plague, was a pandemic affecting most of Europe and large swaths of Asia from through that wiped out between and million people in just a few short years. Caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which is often carried by fleas found on rodents, the plague was a lethal disease that often carried with it symptoms like vomiting, pus-filled. He has conducted research and published articles on a wide variety of subjects, from Roman catacombs to American urbanization, though his area of expertise is Italy in the era of the Black Death. He is the author of The Black Death (Greenwood, ) and Daily Life during the Black Death .
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This encyclopedia provides interdisciplinary, cross-referenced entries that document the effect of the plague on Western society across the four centuries of the second plague pandemic, balancing medical history and technical matters with historical, cultural, social, and political factors.
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Black Death, pandemic that ravaged Europe between andtaking a proportionately greater toll of life than any other known epidemic or war up to that time. The Black Death is widely thought to have been the result of plague, caused by infection with the bacterium Yersinia pestis.
The Black Death (also known as the Pestilence, the Great Mortality, or the Plague) was the deadliest pandemic recorded in human history.
The Black Death resulted in the deaths of up to 75– million people in Eurasia and North Africa, peaking in Europe from to Plague, the disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, was the cause; Y.
pestis infection most commonly results in. Black Death 1 Black Death Illustration of the Black Death from the Toggenburg Bible () The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe between and It is widely thought to have been an outbreak of plague caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, an argument supported by.
Plague, infectious disease caused by Yersinia pestis, a bacterium transmitted from rodents to humans by the bite of infected fleas. Plague has caused some of the most-devastating epidemics in history.
It was the disease behind the Black Death of the 14th century, when as much as one-third of Europe’s population died. In his book The Black Death and the Transformation of the West, David Herlihy explained: The basic unit of production was the small peasant farm, worked with an essentially stagnant technique.
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This single-volume resource will serve as a good starting point for research on the Black Death." - Booklist--This text refers to the hardcover edition. About the Author. Joseph P. Byrne, PhD, is an historian and professor of honors humanities at Belmont University, Nashville, TN.5/5(1).
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Editor/Author Byrne, Joseph P. Publication Year: Publisher: ABC-CLIO. ISBN: Category: History - World history Image Count: 45 Book Status: Pending Predicted Release Month: Table of Contents. 21 books based on 12 votes: World Without End by Ken Follett, In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made by Norman F.
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The Black Death was the fourteenth century's equivalent of a nuclear war. It wiped out one-third of Europe's population, taking millions of lives.
The author draws together the most recent scientific discoveries and historical research to pierce the mist and tell the story of the Black Death as a gripping, intimate narrative. Encyclopedia of the Black Death: Volume 1 - Ebook written by Joseph Patrick Byrne. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices.
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Byrne. Although scholars are reluctant to set percentage figures, it is generally agreed that of those infected with plague, more than 30%—and perhaps as many as 45%—died: as many as 25, to o, in .Product Information. Encyclopedia of the Black Death is the first AZ encyclopedia to cover the second plague pandemic, balancing medical history and technical matters with historical, cultural, social, and political factors and effects in Europe and the Islamic world from Encyclopedia of the Black Death Book Summary: This encyclopedia provides interdisciplinary, cross-referenced entries that document the effect of the plague on Western society across the four centuries of the second plague pandemic, balancing medical history and technical matters with historical, cultural, social, and political factors.
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