Contributor
Nardo, Don, 1947-
Imprint:San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, c1999.
Description173 p. ; 23 cm.
Note:A natural history of the plague and other early European diseases / Robert S. Gottfried. - How the black death entered and spread through Europe / Michael W. Dols. - The black death's grim death toll / Johannes Nohl. - Medieval medicine's response to the black death / Geoffrey Marks. - Anti-plague ordinances and other social controls / Ann G. Carmichael. - Atoning for humanity's sins: the Flagellants / Otto Friedrich. - The black death blamed on the Jews / Barbara W. Tuchman. - The black death's impact on economics and population / David Herlihy. - Educational, agricultural, and architectural impact of the black death / Philip Ziegler. - How the black death affected the church / Frederick F. Cartwright and Michael D. Biddiss. - The new epidemic / Arno Karlen. -APPENDIX: Excerpts from original documents pertaining to the black death.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-169) and index.
