The Black Death : a global history
Asbridge, Thomas S.2026
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In the mid-fourteenth century, a lethal plague struck the medieval world, causing unimaginable suffering and destruction. This terrifying pandemic - the Black Death - was unquestionably one of history's defining episodes, yet a critical feature of its progress has often been ignored: the disease was not confined to Europe, but rather affected almost all of the known world, including the Near and Middle East, Byzantium, north Africa and Asia. Tracing the pandemic's course across the medieval globe, this book contrasts the experiences of different peoples, including Christians, Muslims and Jews, charting this catastrophe's transformative effects on diverse aspects of medieval life. And crucially, Asbridge demonstrates that the plague was often at its most destructive in the Islamic world, where it ultimately played a role in the collapse of the mighty Mamluk Empire.
Main title:
The Black Death : a global history / Thomas Asbridge.
Author:
Asbridge, Thomas S., author
Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, 2026.
Collation:
560 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780241399408 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
940.192
Language:
English
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BRN:
9080540