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Explore the history behind the bubonic plague that left Europe reeling from one of the greatest losses in history The Black Death is the name most commonly given to the pandemic of bubonic plague that ravaged the medieval world in the late 1340s. From Central Asia, the plague swept through Europe, leaving millions of dead in its wake. Between a quarter and a third of Europe's population died, and in England the population fell from nearly six million to just over three million. Sean Martin looks at the origins of the disease and traces its terrible march through Europe from the Italian cities to the far-flung corners of Scandinavia. He describes contemporary responses to the plague and makes clear how helpless the medicine of the day was in the face of it. He examines the renewed persecution of the Jews, blamed by many Christians for the spread of the disease, and highlights the bizarre attempts by such groups as the Flagellants to ward off what they saw as the wrath of God.
The Black Death (Pocket Essentials), by Sean Martin- Amazon Sales Rank: #6546559 in Books
- Published on: 2015-10-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.60" h x .20" w x 5.10" l, .26 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 160 pages
Review "Well written, informative account." —Independent on The Gnostics"An insightful guide." —New Statesman"An exemplary introduction." —Telegraph on The Cathars
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About the Author Sean Martin is the author of several other Pocket Essentials titles, including Alchemy and Alchemists, Andrei Tarkovsky, The Cathars, The Gnostics, and The Knights Templar.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful. "An Interesting, Almost Scholarly Writing" By Russell A. Rohde MD "The Black Death", Sean Martin, Chartwell Books, NJ, 2007. ISBN 10:0-7858-2289-5, HC 158/131. Appendix 10 pgs. further reads 10 pgs., Index 6 pgs. 7" x 5".A scholarly treatise with an overtly easy read for enhanced understandability and readability to the non-scientific layperson, this book is perhaps an important one in understanding the more complex issues raised by the specter of epidemic and pandemic `plagues' which have wrought havoc on the Earth's populations and entire nations, cultures and religions since first recorded case in 430 BC. This book concentrates largely on the "Black Plague" which struck between 1328 and 1352, mainly years 1347 to 1349, but deals also with lesser plagues and some closely related pestilences whose etiology remains obscure but subject to knowledgeable discourse, and includes Ebola, small pox (Red Plague), dysenteries, typhus, anthrax, influenzas, and a variety of named Plagues (Great, Grey, Red, bubonic etc.).This study was necessarily based on written historical records, many originally chronicled in archives of churches, etc. and written by survivors of the disease. The response of the Church to the origin, impact and dealings with the sick is detailed.Etiology of "Black Death" was eventually ascribed to humans infected with bacterium Yesinia pestis after bitten and thus inoculated by the rat flea Xenopsylla cheopsis. There followed an almost immediate course of sepsis with swollen lymphatic nodes or buboes that suppurate, pneumonias, septic syndrome and death usually within 1-3 days. Mortality rates vary from 60-95%, populations often decimated 25-30%. The epidemiology of the disease is nicely discussed by the author who traces the initial cases from the Mediterranean to world-wide dissemination via trade routes, cargo ships, caravans, etc. via rats, fleas and human contacts.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Well written but not much substance By C. J. Thompson I read this short little book in a few hours. The author writes very well and his light style makes the subject enjoyable. Unfortunately, with the exception of some interesting material on the 'Flagellants', most of the information he provides has been dealt with in depth in quite a number of other books on the subject, such as the excellent Black Death by Phillip Zeigler. Also, had the author simply written a book about historical pandemics and left it at that, the book might have impressed me a little more. However, he chose to write a book about the Plague using the title 'The Black Death' and therein lies what I see as one of the flaws of the book. At the very beginning, Mr Martin unequivocally declared that the pathogen responsible for the first, second and third pandemics was 'Yersinia Pestis' and maintains this a the central thesis of the book. Today, however, there is a growing belief that the disease that ravaged Europe in the middle ages (and now referred to as the 'Black Death') is not the same disease whose cause was isolated as the Bubonic Plague organism during an outbreak in China in the 19th Century. Only in the final chapter does the author even acknowledge the the existence of any controversy and then he fails to deal with it in any meaningful way. I don't believe that any decent book on this interesting subject can afford to so cavalier with the issue today.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Black Death By William Bastian An interesting read, in the world of today SARS, bird flu, ebola, I hope we can catch these thing in time to stop another current Black Death.
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