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The Black Death de Joseph P. Byrne

The Black Death: Greenwood Guides to Historic Events of the Medieval World

Autor Joseph P. Byrne
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 sep 2004 – vârsta până la 17 ani
An ideal introduction and guide to the greatest natural disaster to ever curse humanity, replete with illustrations, biographical sketches, and primary documents. Presents medieval and modern perspectives of this disturbing yet fascinating tragic historical episode.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780313324925
ISBN-10: 0313324921
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: 1, black & white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.55 kg
Ediția:annotated ed.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Greenwood
Seria Greenwood Guides to Historic Events of the Medieval World

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

JOSEPH P. BYRNE is a European historian and Associate Professor of Honors at Belmont University in Nashville, TN. He has conducted research and published articles on a wide variety of subjects, from Roman catacombs to American urbanization, though his area of expertise is Italy in the era of the Black Death.

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CONTENTSCONTENTSCONTENTSSeries Foreword ixAdvisory Board xxiPreface xxiiiAcknowledgments xxvChronology xxviiChapter 1. Overview: Plague in the Middle Ages 1Chapter 2. The Black Death and Modern Medicine 15Chapter 3. The Black Death and Medieval Medicine 33Chapter 4. Effects of the Black Death on European Society 57Chapter 5. Psychosocial Reactions to the Black Death 73Chapter 6. European Art and the Black Death 89Chapter 7. Individual and Civic Responses in Cairo and Florence 103Chapter 8. Epilogue: The End of the Black Death and Its Continuing Fascination 123Biographies131Abu Abdullah ibn Battuta 131Charles IV 133Clement VI 134Francesco di Marco Datini da Prato 137Galen of Pergamum 140Gentile da Foligno 142Lisad-ad Din ibn al-Khatib 143Francesco Petrarch 145Alexandre Emile John Yersin 147Primary Documents1511. The Description of the Pestilence: From the Historiarum (after 1355) 1512. "Wer wil nu wissen das" (c. 1349-55) 1543. Plague Tract (1348) 1554.Compendium de epidemia, Book 2 (1348) 1595. "A Diet and Doctrine for the Pestilence" (Fifteenth Century) 1626. The Treatise on the Pestilence in Italian: Chapter 2 (c. 1447) 1677. Last Testament of Marco Datini of Prato, Italy, June 1, 1348 1708. "Risaalah al-Naba' 'an al-Waba'": An Essay on the Report of the Pestilence (1348) 1739. Anonymous Poem in the Chronicle of Damascus, 1389-9717810. "Disputation Betwixt the Body and Worms" 17911. The Jews of Strassburg, February 1349 18612. A Florentine Diary: December 1496 to February 1499 189Glossary 193Annotated Bibliography 199Index 217Photo essay follows Chapter 5.

Descriere

Probably the greatest natural disaster to ever curse humanity, the Black Death's lethality is legendary, killing between a quarter to over half of any given stricken area's population. Though historians suspect a first wave of bubonic plague struck the Mediterranean area between 571 - 760 C.E., there is no doubt that the plague was carried west by the Mongol Golden Horde in the late 1340s as they raided as far west as Constantinople, where it is believed that Genoese traders became infected, and then carried, the disease into European and northern African ports after their escape. Within about two years practically the entire European continent and much of North Africa had been burned over by this disaster of apocalyptic proportions.

Eight thematic chapters guide the reader through the medical perspective of the plague-- medieval and modern--and to the plague's impact on society, cities, individuals, and art of the time. Medieval doctors named miasmatic vapors--bad air --as a primary cause of infection, along with an improper balance of the four Humors--blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile, often caused by ominous astrological alignments; or so they believed. Scapegoats, often Jews, were persecuted and murdered as frightened people desperately sought somebody to blame for the spread of the plague. Others assumed the plague was God's punishment of wicked humanity, and roamed the countryside in groups that would flagellate themselves publicly as an act of atonement. An annotated timeline guides the reader to the key events and dates of this recurring disaster. Nine illustrations show how artists represented the plague's impact on the self and society. Twelve primary documents, half of them never before translated into English, come from eyewitnesses ranging from Constantinople, Damascus, Prague, Italy, France, Germany, and England. A glossary is provided that enables readers to quickly look up unfamiliar medical and historical terms and concepts such as Bacillus, Verjuice, and Peasants' Revolt of 1381. An annotated bibliography follows, divided by topic. The work is fully indexed.