It took 150 years for Europe’s population to recover. The aftermath of the plague created a series of religious, social, and economic upheavals, which had profound effects on the course of European history. The Black Death Philip Ziegler Faber & Faber, History - 312 pages 7 Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified Between. All in all, the plague reduced the world population from an estimated 450 million down to 350–375 million in the 14th century. Spreading throughout the Mediterranean and Europe, the Black Death is estimated to have killed 30–60% of Europe’s total population. Provenance: Birmingham Medical Institute (with accompanying bookplate and stamp). From there, it was most likely carried by Oriental rat fleas living on the black rats that were regular passengers on merchant ships.

The Black Death is thought to have originated in the arid plains of central Asia, where it then travelled along the Silk Road, reaching the Crimea by 1346. The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people and peaking in Europe in the years 1348–50. This was the first in a series of historical ‘shockers’, dealing with death, disease and general foulness in the past. The fiddling skeleton from Mosley’s binding design is repeated on the title-page. The plates reproduce medieval manuscripts and paintings. A series of natural disasters in the Orient during the fourteenth century brought about the most devastating period of death and destruction in European. Bristol, Southampton and ‘the north cuntre’ vie for the. To make so confident an assertion is, of course, foolhardy. The Black Death arrived in England in June 1348 by way of Melcombe Regis, now part of the town of Weymouth in Dorset. The end papers are red-grey in color with a map by Denys Baker. Philip Ziegler describes how the devastating Plague reached South-west England in the summer of 1348.

The Black Death features a full black cloth cover with a design by Francis Mosley in red and gold. Some scratches to slipcase, otherwise excellent.

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