"An explanation of the origins and spread of the plague through England and the continent and the social and economic consequences."@en
"Philip Ziegler's acclaimed overview of the Black Death synthesises the records of the contemporary chroniclers and the work of later historians. This new edition includes a new introduction and a chapter on the Black Death in recent historiography."@en
"Philip Ziegler's acclaimed overview of the black death synthesises the records of the contemporary chroniclers and the work of later historians."@en
"A series of natural disasters in the Orient during the fourteenth century brought about the most devastating period of death and destruction in European history. The epidemic killed one-third of Europe's people over a period of three years, and the resulting social and economic upheaval was on a scale unparalleled in all of recorded history. Synthesizing the records of contemporary chroniclers and the work of later historians, the author here offers an overview of this crucial epoch that brings to light the the full horror of this uniquely catastrophic event that hastened the disintegration of an age."
"Philip Ziegler's overview of the Black Death synthesizes the records of contemporary chroniclers and the work of later historians in one volume. This illustrated narrative presents the full horror and destruction the disease had, and how much it contributed to the disintegration of an age."@en