The Black Death: A Personal History

340 Pages·2008·5.06 MB·English

by  John Hatcher

Table of Contents

Praise
Title Page
Dedication

Table of Figures

Introduction
Chapter 1 - Master John
Chapter 2 - Late Summer, 1345
Chapter 3 - Autumn 1345 toWinter 1347
Chapter 4 - Christmas and New Year, 1347-1348
Chapter 5 - Spring and Early Summer, 1348
Chapter 6 - Midsummer and Autumn, 1348
Chapter 7 - Autumn and Winter, 1348
Chapter 8 - New Year, 1349
Chapter 9 - Lent and Easter, 1349
Chapter 10 - Mid-April to Early May, 1349
Chapter 11 - Mid-May, 1349
Chapter 12 - Late May to Early June, 1349
Chapter 13 - June 10-20, 1349
Chapter 14 - Summer, 1349
Chapter 15 - Summer and Autumn, 1349
Chapter 16 - September to December, 1349
Chapter 17 - 1350

EPILOGUE
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
NOTES
Copyright Page
Table of Figures

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PRAISE FOR THE BLACK DEATH
“For those whose only knowledge of the plague comes from Monty Python, but are willing to learn
more, Cambridge Professor Hatcher takes a serious, but very readable look at the epidemic.”
—New York Post

“Tells you everything you ever wanted to know about the unstoppable killer plague that devastated a
14th-century English village.”
—Maxim

“A haunting combination of unobtrusive expertise and considerable imagination. . . . Neither a work
of bloodless historical analysis nor a piece of historical fiction, but a gripping combination of the
two.”
—Paul Freedman, Chester D. Tripp Professor of History at Yale
University, and author of Images of the Medieval Peasant

“Hatcher effectively portrays the collective hysteria that gripped the land.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“An unusual yet unusually gripping way to capture the distant past.”
—Booklist

“A very readable, engaging work.”
—Library Journal

“A fascinating read. . . . A welcome addition to our understanding of this poorly documented
catastrophe.”
—Fifty Plus
“Hatcher exhibits a crisp narrative style that lends itself easily to this kind of storytelling.”
—Charleston Post & Courier

“A brilliant overview of the plague. . . . Intricate personal portraits create a dynamic sense of reality.”
—Metro Spirit (Augusta)

“An unforgettable picture of a society thrown into chaos.”
—The Commercial Dispatch (Columbus)
To Melissa and Zara,
who have suffered from the Black Death since birth.