Epilogue: could the Black Death happen again? lessons to be learned in the modern world. "It began in the Land of Darkness": the geographical origin and spread of the Second Pandemic -- Bring out your dead! how many people died curing the Great Mortality? -- Doctoring the Black Death: the medical response to plague -- What goes around comes around: the environmental aspects of the Black Death -- "Al shal [not] be wel": the religious response to the Great Mortality -- "To you myn hand is rawght to this daunce": the artistic impact of the Black Death -- The "Red Knights of Christ": the Flagellant Movement -- "They process to the flames dancing, singing, and weeping": the artificial poison conspiracy -- When brothers abandoned brothers: the social impacts of the Black Death -- The peasants are revolting: the new realities of the plague economy -- Epilogue: could the Black Death happen again? lessons to be learned in the modern world.
Summary:
"A higher education history book on the Black Death, giving not just a narrative account but also a thorough examination of the latest forensic, historical, and DNA evidence to date"-- Provided by publisher.
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