Pandemic Disease in the Medieval World
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| Author | : Monica Helen Green |
| Publisher | : ARC Humanities Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1942401000 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781942401001 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Pandemic Disease in the Medieval World by : Monica Helen Green
Book excerpt: The plague organism (Yersinia pestis) killed an estimated 40% to 60% of all people when it spread rapidly through the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe in the fourteenth century: an event known as the Black Death. Previous research has shown, especially for Western Europe, how population losses then led to structural economic, political, and social changes. But why and how did the pandemic happen in the first place? When and where did it begin? How was it sustained? What was its full geographic extent? And when did it really end?
