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The Black Death: a turning point in history?

Bowsky, William M.,

The Black Death: a turning point in history? Edited by William M. Bowsky. - New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston [1971] - 128 p. 24 cm. - European problem studies .

Plague in Florence: a literary description by G. Boccaccio.--Plague in Siena: an Italian chronicle, by A. di Tura del Grasso.--The chronicle of a French cleric, by J. de Venette.--The plague and World War: parallels and comparisons, by J. W. Thompson.--The Black Death as a major event in world history, by Y. Renouard.--The plague as a recurrent phenomenon, by É. Carpentier.--The plague deemphasized, by E. A. Kosminskii.--European crisis: the plague or moral decline? By R. Delatouche.--Malthusian pressure and population decline, by M. M. Postan.--Malthus denied, by D. Herlihy.--"Germany: the Flagellants and the persecution of the Jews," by P. Ziegler.--Germany: the Black Death and a structural revolution in socio-economic history, by F. Lütge.--France: a fiscal and constitutional crisis, by J. B. Henneman, Jr.--Spain: a temporary setback, by C. Verlinden.--England: a decisive turning point, by G. A. Holmes.--England: preplague population and prosperity, by J. C. Russell.--Orvieto: institutional stability and moral change, by É. Carpentier.--Siena: stability and dislocation, by W. M. Bowsky.--Egypt: crisis in a Muslim land, by A. L. Udovitch.--Suggested additional readings (p. 126-128)

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Black Death.
Medicine, Medieval.
Diseases and history.


Social Sciences.

RC172 / .B67

306.9 BOW

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