The Black Death and the Transformation of the West

Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-0-674-07613-6
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 207 mm, Gewicht: 168 g

In this small book David Herlihy makes subtle and subversive inquiries that challenge historical thinking about the Black Death. Looking beyond the view of the plague as unmitigated catastrophe, Herlihy finds evidence for its role in the advent of new population controls, the establishment of universities, the spread of Christianity, the dissemination of vernacular cultures, and even the rise of nationalism. This book, which displays a distinguished scholar's masterly synthesis of diverse materials, reveals that the Black Death can be considered the cornerstone of the transformation of Europe.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Herlihy, David

Cohn, Samuel K

Cohn, Samuel K.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Cohn, Samuel K.
Samuel K. Cohn, Jr., is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Glasgow. Among his books are <i>The Cult of Remembrance and the Black Death</i> and <i>Women in the Streets: Essays on Sex and Power in the Italian Renaissance</i>.

Herlihy, David
David Herlihy (d. 1991) was Barnaby Conrad and Mary Critchfield Keeney Professor and Professor of History at Brown University.