The Black Death: A History from Beginning to End
Feb 2016 · Hourly History
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Sweeping across the known world with unchecked devastation, the Black Death claimed between 75 million and 200 million lives in four short years. In this engaging and well-researched book, the trajectory of the plague’s march west across Eurasia and the cause of the great pandemic is thoroughly explored.
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✓ What was the Black Death?
✓ A Short History of Pandemics
✓ Chronology & Trajectory
✓ Causes & Pathology
✓ Medieval Theories & Disease Control
✓ Black Death in Medieval Culture
✓ Consequences
Fascinating insights into the medieval mind’s perception of the disease and examinations of contemporary accounts give a complete picture of what the world’s most effective killer meant to medieval society in particular and humanity in general.
Sweeping across the known world with unchecked devastation, the Black Death claimed between 75 million and 200 million lives in four short years. In this engaging and well-researched book, the trajectory of the plague’s march west across Eurasia and the cause of the great pandemic is thoroughly e...
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RED SKULL
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December 30, 2025
Take Christine de Pizan and misogyny and shove that straight up your pipe. Keep that propagandist, ideological nonsense out of these overviews of historical events.
Tom Hansard
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November 24, 2019
This "book" is short, but well-written and certainly gives the impression that it is well-researched. The Hourly History books are by far the best free book available - concise, well structured and written well enough to convey the subject matter with vigor.
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ayle asoka
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May 12, 2024
This is my first english book that I read. Honestly as a beginner in reading english book, I really like how writer tell readers how horrible this event was. I can say I like this book but not that much because I need to understand lot of vocab that I've never learn before. Overall this book is a great history book. Thank you!
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