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The Black Death: The Great Mortality of 1348-1350: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Cultural Editions Series) The Bedford Series in History and Culture Edition

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Product Details

  • Series: Bedford Cultural Editions Series
  • Paperback: 200 pages
  • Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's; The Bedford Series in History and Culture edition (February 1, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 031240087X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312400873
  • Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 0.3 x 8.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Excellent Research Material
By Eric on March 23, 2012
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Nicely composed first source historical documents. Excellent source material for the historian, easily accessed and well researched. The extensive bibliography only adds weight to the validity of sources. Also provides interesting insight into the cultural and social events and reactions surrounding the Black Plague.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Good selection of texts
By Jordan Bell on April 27, 2014
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This is a collection of translations of texts written not long after the plague of 1348-1350. This book is a useful collection of original texts and could be read to give a general idea of what happened during the Black Death, but is not enough by itself to give someone a thorough understanding of the Black Death. For example, Aberth mentions that the Black Death was the second pandemic of a disease whose first pandemic was the Plague of Justinian, but does not give even a paragraph to talking about that plague; perhaps the collection "Plague and the End of Antiquity" would be a good place to learn about the Plague of Justinian in detail. However, the short amount of exposition Aberth does give is good.

Each text comes with a short description of its author. For example, the description of the arrival of the Black Death in Messina by Michele da Piazza is often quoted (for instance, it is currently cited on the Wikipedia page for the Black Death), but Piazza is a writer scarcely any reader would know anything about. Aberth tells us that Piazza was from Catania, another Sicilian town near Messina, says that there was a rivalry between Catania and Messina, and suggests that "the chronicler may have awarded Messina the honor of first plague infection out of spite".
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Short and simple.
By Zee on May 3, 2013
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The book content is well organized. It wasn't repetitive and it was always something new. Its very small too so it wasn't a hard read. I bought it for class. More fun than other books.
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This was great for my term paper that I had to write
By Amazon Customer on November 20, 2015
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This was great for my term paper that I had to write. This has a lot of information and documents. Very happy with my purchase.
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The book is in fantastic condition.
By nathan on February 21, 2015
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Looking forward to reading this one. The book is in fantastic condition.
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I would buy this book again
By Veronica Connell on April 2, 2015
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The book was very good for studying
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By Aryne J. Linder on February 24, 2009
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This book was very informative about the Plague. The documents were very helpful in understand the different aspects of the Plague, including the social political and economical. It was also an easy read.
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