Title From the brink of the apocalypse : confronting famine, war, plague, and death in the later Middle Ages / John Aberth

Edition Second edition Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 327 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Prologue -- Famine -- War -- Plague -- Death -- Epitaph Summary Taking his themes from the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the author describes how the Great Famine and Black Death swept away nearly half of Europe's population, while the royal houses of England and France engaged in the Hundred Years' War Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism Disasters -- England -- History -- To 1500 Famines -- England -- History -- To 1500 Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453. Black Death -- England Medicine, Medieval. Plague -- history History, Medieval Starvation -- history Warfare HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain. Medicine, Medieval Apocalyptic literature Black Death Civilization Disasters Famines Apokalyptik katastrophē Hungersnot Epidemie Hundertjähriger Krieg Todesvorstellung Katastrophe Det apokalyptiska i litteraturen. Det apokalyptiska i konsten. Hungersnöd -- historia -- England -- före 1500. Hundraårskriget, 1337-1453. Digerdöden -- England. SUBJECT Great Britain -- History -- Lancaster and York, 1399-1485. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056765 Great Britain -- History -- 14th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056757 England -- Civilization -- 1066-1485. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043274 Europe. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045631 Europe Subject Europe England Great Britain Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781134724802 1134724802 1299869386 9781299869387 1315881136 9781315881133

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