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- catalog abstract ""Norman Cantor draws together the most recent scientific discoveries and historical research to pierce the mist and tell the story of the Black Death afresh, as a gripping, intimate narrative." "In the Wake of the Plague presents a microcosmic view of the Plague in England (and on the continent), telling the stories of the men and women of the fourteenth century, from peasant to priest, and from merchant to king. We meet, among others, fifteen-year-old Princess Joan of England, on her way to Spain to marry a Castilian prince; Thomas of Birmingham, abbot of Halesowen, responsible for his abbey as a CEO is for his business in a desperate time; and the once-prominent landowner John le Strange, who sees the Black Death tear away his family's lands and then its very name as it washes, unchecked, over Europe in wave after wave."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12245367.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""In the Wake of the Plague presents a microcosmic view of the Plague in England (and on the continent), telling the stories of the men and women of the fourteenth century, from peasant to priest, and from merchant to king.".
- catalog description ""Norman Cantor draws together the most recent scientific discoveries and historical research to pierce the mist and tell the story of the Black Death afresh, as a gripping, intimate narrative."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-230) and index.".
- catalog description "We meet, among others, fifteen-year-old Princess Joan of England, on her way to Spain to marry a Castilian prince; Thomas of Birmingham, abbot of Halesowen, responsible for his abbey as a CEO is for his business in a desperate time; and the once-prominent landowner John le Strange, who sees the Black Death tear away his family's lands and then its very name as it washes, unchecked, over Europe in wave after wave."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "pt. I. Biomedical Context. 1. All Fall Down. 2. Rodents and Cattle -- pt. II. People. 3. Bordeaux Is Burning. 4. Lord and Peasants. 5. Death Comes to the Archbishop. 6. Women and Men of Property. 7. The Jewish Conspiracy -- pt. III. History. 8. Serpents and Cosmic Dust. 9. Heritage of the African Rifts. 10. Aftermath. Knowing About the Black Death: A Critical Bibliography.".
- catalog extent "245 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0684857359".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Free Press,".
- catalog subject "2001 E-777".
- catalog subject "614.5/732 21".
- catalog subject "Black Death History.".
- catalog subject "Plague history.".
- catalog subject "RC172 .C36 2001".
- catalog subject "WC 350 C233i 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. Biomedical Context. 1. All Fall Down. 2. Rodents and Cattle -- pt. II. People. 3. Bordeaux Is Burning. 4. Lord and Peasants. 5. Death Comes to the Archbishop. 6. Women and Men of Property. 7. The Jewish Conspiracy -- pt. III. History. 8. Serpents and Cosmic Dust. 9. Heritage of the African Rifts. 10. Aftermath. Knowing About the Black Death: A Critical Bibliography.".
- catalog title "In the wake of the plague : the Black Death and the world it made / Norman F. Cantor.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".