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Author Kelly, John, 1945-

Title The great mortality : an intimate history of the Black Death, the most devastating plague of all time / John Kelly.

Imprint New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Special Collections Whitehead  614.573209 K297g, 2005    ---  Lib Use Only
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  614.5732 Kel    ---  DUE 02-02-17 Billed
Description xvii, 364 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Oimmeddam -- "They are monsters, not men" -- The day before the day of the dead -- Sicilian autumn -- Villani's last sentence -- The curse of the grand master -- The new Galenism -- "Days of death without sorrow" -- Heads to the West, feet to the East -- God's first love -- "O ye of little faith" -- "Only the end of the beginning" -- Afterword: The plague deniers.
Summary Chronicles the Great Plague that devastated Asia and Europe in the fourteenth century, documenting the experiences of people who lived during its height while describing the decline of moral boundaries that also marked the period.
Subject Black Death -- History.
Plague -- history.
Disease Outbreaks -- history.
ISBN 0060006927
9780060006921
Standard No. NLM 101242852
YDXCP 2134865
NZ1 8757208
AU@ 000028570631
IG# 9780060006921

 
    
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