Completely revised and updated for this new edition, Benedictow's acclaimed study remains the definitive account of the Black Death and its impact on history. T

A series of natural disasters in the Orient during the fourteenth century brought about the most devastating period of death and destruction in European history

The Black Death of the late Middle Ages is often described as the greatest natural disaster in the history of humankind. More than fifty million people, half of

This study of the Black Death considers the nature of the disease, its origin, spread, mortality and its impact on history.

Robert Palmer's pathbreaking study shows how the Black Death triggered massive changes in both governance and law in fourteenth-century England, establishing th