Synopses & Reviews
The Black Death is the name most commonly given to the pandemic of bubonic plague that ravaged the medieval world in the late 1340s. Sean Martin looks at the origins of the disease and traces its terrible march through Europe from the Italian cities to the far-flung corners of Scandinavia. He describes contemporary responses to the plague and makes clear how helpless was the medicine of the day in the face of it.
Synopsis
The author looks at the origins of the disease and traces its terrible march through Europe from the Italian cities to Scandinavia.