The Black Death A Personal History
by Hatcher, JohnEdition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-06-09
Publisher(s): Da Capo Press
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Summary
In this fresh approach to the history of the Black Death, John Hatcher, a world-renowned scholar of the Middle Ages, recreates everyday life in a mid-fourteenth century rural English village. By focusing on the experiences of ordinary villagers as they livedand diedduring the Black Death (134550 AD), Hatcher vividly places the reader directly into those tumultuous years and describes in fascinating detail the day-to-day existence of people struggling with the tragic effects of the plague. Dramatic scenes portray how contemporaries must have experienced and thought about the momentous eventsand how they tried to make sense of it all.
Author Biography
John Hatcher, a leading expert in medieval and early modern social and economic history, is Professor of Economic and Social History and Chairman of the History Faculty at the University of Cambridge.
Table of Contents
| Preface The Nature of This Book | p. ix |
| Introduction Walsham in the Middle Ages | p. 1 |
| Master John | p. 13 |
| Late Summer, 1345 | p. 21 |
| Autumn 1345 to Winter 1347 | p. 35 |
| Christmas and New Year, 1347-1348 | p. 53 |
| Spring and Early Summer, 1348 | p. 63 |
| Midsummer and Autumn, 1348 | p. 81 |
| Autumn and Winter, 1348 | p. 101 |
| New Year, 1349 | p. 119 |
| Lent and Easter, 1349 | p. 135 |
| Mid-April to Early May, 1349 | p. 149 |
| Mid-May, 1349 | p. 163 |
| Late May to Early June, 1349 | p. 179 |
| June 10-20, 1349 | p. 201 |
| Summer, 1349 | p. 217 |
| Summer and Autumn, 1349 | p. 233 |
| September to December, 1349 | p. 249 |
| 1350 | p. 263 |
| Epilogue | p. 285 |
| Illustration Credits | p. 289 |
| Notes | p. 291 |
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