Title The black death and the transformation of the west / David Herlihy ; edited and with an introduction by Samuel K. Cohn, Jr

Published Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (117 pages) Contents Introduction -- Bubonic Plague: historical epidemiology and the medical problems -- The new economic and demographic system -- Modes of thought and feeling Summary The Black Death was the great watershed in medieval history. In this compact book, David Herlihy makes bold yet subtle and subversive inquiries that challenge historical thinking about this disastrous period. As in a finely tuned detective story, he upturns intriguing bits of epidemiological evidence. And, looking beyond the view of the Black Death as unmitigated catastrophe, Herlihy sees in it the birth of technological advance as societies struggled to create labor-saving devices in the wake of population losses. New evidence for the plague's role in the establishment of universities, the spread of Christianity, the dissemination of vernacular cultures, and even the rise of nationalism demonstrates that this cataclysmic event marked a true turning point in history Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-110 and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Black Death -- Europe Diseases and history. Civilization, Medieval. Renaissance. Plague -- history Civilization -- history Renaissance. HISTORY -- Europe -- General. Peste -- Europa -- Historia Black Death Civilization, Medieval Diseases and history Renaissance Pest (ziekte) Cultuurgeschiedenis. Epidemieën. Maladies -- Europe -- Histoire. Civilisation médiévale. Renaissance. Peste -- Europe -- Histoire. Peste -- Sociologie -- Europe -- Histoire -- 14e siècle. Europe. Europe Europa -- Historia -- 476-1492 Europe Form Electronic book Author Cohn, Samuel Kline, Jr., editor, writer of introduction. LC no. 96054637 ISBN 9780674744226 0674744225

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