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The Black Death (Paperback)

by Philip Ziegler (Author)
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd; New edition edition (May 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0750932023
  • ISBN-13: 978-0750932028
  • Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 17.2 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 615,684 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Between 1347 and 1350, the Black Death claimed the lives of over one-third of the population of Europe. Having traced the course from Asia to the West, the author looks at the havoc it left in its wake. He includes chapters on the state of the period's medicine, the position of the church and the broader social and economic repercussions. A poignant tale, made all the more powerful for being told clearly, and without histrionics. (Kirkus UK)


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A series of natural disasters in the Orient during the 14th century caused the most devastating period of death and destruction in European history. One third of the people in Europe were killed over a period of just three years, and there was social and economic upheaval on an unparalleled scale. Philip Zeigler's overview of this crucial event synthesizes the records of contemporary chroniclers and the work of later historians in one volume. This illustrated narrative presents the full horror and destruction the disease had, and how much it contributed to the disintegration of an age.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Black Death by Philip Zeigler, 24 April 2004
By r.hardy (bournemouth, dorset United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
A great,great book. Fourteenth century Europe laid out in a clear anddisturbing tale.Not only an incredible story but written with a simpleassurity of a gifted scholar and writer.The depth of research isstaggering, the story horrifying.It tells of the painful destruction ofbetween a quarter and a half of mankind.The terrible effects of what weknow as the bubonic plague had no discrimination.Lord and peasant alike,struck down by a mysterious, unseen illness. The result of which wasalmost certainly a torturous death.Whole towns disappeared whole societiesdecimated to the point of collapse. No law, little order and underpinnedwith the limited scientific and medical knowledge available to even thebest minds. If you had lived in 1348 you would think that God or the Devilwere undertaking the extinction of man.
The reaction of mankind and thedescent into anarchy is a fascinating glimpse of the medieval world.Thecountries of Europe today have been fashioned from the remnants of1348.
If you are interested in history and and a well told tale icannot highly recommend this book enough. A masterpiece.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book for the General Readers, 25 Nov 2007
"Ring a ring o' roses
a pocket full of posies,
ah-tishoo ah-tishoo
we all fall down"
- nursery rhymes


The Black Death, also known as "the Great Pestilence," was the most virulent and deadly disease during the mid-fourteenth century. It first came as a bubonic plague, aided by the black rats ("rattus rattus"), and secondly came as a pneumonic plague that was spread by an airborne contagion. The Black Death is said to have crept from China to Europe along the trading routes during the mid-1340s and reached Sicily and the rest of the continent in early 1348.

There is no single book will tell one everything about this great plague of 14th century, but each gives a story, a perspective of what happened during that era.

One of the perspectives is Philip Ziegler's 310-page book, "Black Death," which consisted of seventeen chapters. This book is the first book that I have read when embarking on a study of Black Death last year.

There is one curious thing about this book is the one chapter, "The Plague in a Medieval Village," which revealed a fictional village by the name of Blakwater to bring home a point on how serious effect this plague had on the village (countries) and on Roger's family (population). It is an interesting account.

Ziegler's "Black Death" is indeed quite a resourceful book and good introduction on the plague. I do recommend this book for the general readers, but should not be as the only source of information on the historical period of Black Death.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An Extraordinary Account, 2 May 2007
By Jon D "Jon in France" (South Vendée, France) - See all my reviews
  
To some people this might seem an odd choice for a holiday read, and I confess that as I sat myself down on the lounger, beer to hand and a blanket under the table in case of clouding over later (Spain in April - one never knows), much the same thought crossed my mind.

However, about 12 pages in and I was hooked. Thunderstorms could not budge me.

Ziegler makes the point in his preface that he is no medievalist, though frankly if he had said nothing I doubt the thought the he was anything but an expert in the period would have ventured to cross my mind.

Gruesome and fascinating in equal measure, Ziegler does a fine job in extrapolating from the limited available data to paint a graphic picture of life (or, more accurately, death) in this troubled period. For anyone interested in the history of the Middle Ages, and understanding of the impact of the Black Death is very valuable, and this book provides just that.
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