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The best introduction to the terrible international impact of the
Black Death. Unique, sensational and shocking, this revelatory book
provides the best overview of the Europe-wide history of the Black
Death. The author's painstakingly comprehensive research throws
fresh light on the nature of the disease, its origin, its spread,
on an almost day-to-day basis, across Europe, Asia Minor, the
Middle East and North Africa, its mortality rate and its impact on
history. These latter two aspects are of central importance here,
for it is demonstrated that the plague's death rates have
consistently been under-estimated and that they were in fact much
higher, making the disease's long-term effects on history even more
profound. First paperback edition published 2006. OLE J. BENEDICTOW
is Professor of History at the University of Oslo.
A truly definitive work, this magisterial study draws on the latest
evidence from across Europe to show in exhaustive detail the nature
of the disease, its origin, spread, mortality, and its profound
impact on history. The Black Death was a disaster of huge
magnitude, shaking medieval Europe and beyond to its economic and
social core. Building upon his acclaimed study of 2004, Ole
Benedictow here draws upon new scholarship and research to present
a comprehensive, definitive account of the Black Death and its
impact on European history. The medical and epidemiological
characteristics of the disease, its geographical origin, its spread
across Asia Minor, the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and
Russia, and the mortality in the countries and regions for which
there are satisfactory studies, are clearly presented and
thoroughly discussed. The pattern, pace and seasonality of the
spread of the disease reflect current medical work and standard
studies on the epidemiology of bubonic plague. Benedictow's
findings make it clear that the true mortality rate was far higher
than had been previously thought: some 60% of Europe's population.
In the light of those findings, the discussion of the Black Death
as a turning point in history takes on a new significance.
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