In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made - Couverture souple

Cantor, Norman F.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060014342 ISBN 13 : 9780060014346

Editeur : Harper Perennial, 2002

Synopsis

In the Wake of the Plague Wonderfully rich, readable, and detailed, this volume rebukes the common fallacies of the greatest medical disaster in history. Cantor pierces the haze of myths that surrounds the understanding of the fundamental impact of the Plague on society, religion, and the Renaissance. Photos. Full description

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"Cantor illuminates intricate connections [that] allter the course of culture, religion, war, and peace in incalculable ways." (Boston Globe)

"A most accessible, fascinating resource for high-school world history studies." (Booklist)

"Historian Cantor pull[s] together existing scholarship on the subject and provide a wide-ranging overview." (The New York Times Book of the Times)

"The best book on the Black Death...." (Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, University of Oxford, and author of Millennium: A History of the Last Thousand Years)

"...impressionsitic and interesting...." (The Washington Post)

"[Cantor] sounds the depths of medieval history for truths that are always relevant to our times." (Anne Rice)

"[Cantor] makes a particularly compelling case." (Publishers Weekly)

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Black Death was the fourteenth century's equivalent of a nuclear war. It wiped out one-third of Europe's population, takingmillion lives. And yet, most of what we know about it is wrong. The details of the Plague etched in the minds of terrified schoolchildren -- the hideous black welts, the high fever, and the awful end by respiratory failure -- are more or less accurate. But what the Plague really was and how it made history remain shrouded in a haze of myths.

Now, Norman Cantor, the premier historian of the Middle Ages, draws together the most recent scientific discoveries and groundbreaking historical research to pierce the mist and tell the story of the Black Death as a gripping, intimate narrative.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0060014342
• ISBN 13: 9780060014346
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272