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The Black Death: The History and Legacy of the Middle Ages’ Deadliest Plague by Charles River Editors is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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\*Includes pictures \*Includes accounts of the plague written by survivors across Europe \*Includes a bibliography for further reading \*Includes a table of contents “The trend of recent research is pointing to a figure more like 45–50% of the European population dying during a four-year period. There is a fair amount of geographic variation. In Mediterranean Europe, areas such as Italy, the south of France and Spain, where plague ran for about four years consecutively, it was probably closer to 75–80% of the population. In Germany and England ... it was probably closer to 20%..” - Philip Daileader, medieval historian If it is true that nothing succeeds like success, then it is equally true that nothing challenges like change. People have historically been creatures of habit and curiosity at the same time, two parts of the human condition that constantly conflict with each other. This has always been true, but at certain moments in history it has been abundantly true, especially during the mid-14th century, when a boon in exploration and travel came up against a fear of the unknown. Together, they both introduced the Black Death to Europe and led to mostly incorrect attempts to exp
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- Author
- Charles River Editors
- Publisher
- Charles River Editors
- Language
- EN
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.47 / 5 (64 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14