Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

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maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The great mortality

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

808127013

Responsibility statement

John Kelly

Sub title

an intimate history of the Black Death, the most devastating plague of all time

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

Table Of 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" -- The plague deniers

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