The black death and the transformation of the west / David Herlihy ; edited and with an introduction by Samuel K. Cohn, Jr.

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1997.Description: 117 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

0674076125 (cloth : alk. paper)
0674076133 (paper : alk. paper)

DDC classification:

940.1/92 21

LOC classification:

RC178.A1 H47 1997

Contents:

1. Bubonic Plague: Historical Epidemiology and the Medical Problems -- 2. The New Economic and Demographic System -- 3. Modes of Thought and Feeling.

Summary: The Black Death was the great watershed in medieval history. In this compact book, David Herlihy makes bold yet subtle and subversive inquiries that challenge historical thinking about this disastrous period. As in a finely tuned detective story, he upturns intriguing bits of epidemiological evidence. And, looking beyon

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [83]-110 and index.

1. Bubonic Plague: Historical Epidemiology and the Medical Problems -- 2. The New Economic and Demographic System -- 3. Modes of Thought and Feeling.

The Black Death was the great watershed in medieval history. In this compact book, David Herlihy makes bold yet subtle and subversive inquiries that challenge historical thinking about this disastrous period. As in a finely tuned detective story, he upturns intriguing bits of epidemiological evidence. And, looking beyon

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