Black measure. The story of the most destructive plague of the Text
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The innovative study at the junction of history and biology about the most terrible pandemic in the history of mankind: the plague, which killed a third of the world"s population - 75 million people. Epic saga, where the latest scientific data are combined with historical chronicles, diaries and chronicles
"Some of the dead were so poorly sprinkled that the dogs pulled out and gnawed their bodies, pulling the remains throughout the city. And, believing that this is the end of the world, no one cried on the dead - everyone was expecting death."- Aniolo di tour, Siena, 1348.
For only 1000 days from 1347 to 1351, the plague swept through medieval Europe, taking away a third of its population. It was a disaster that touched the life of every person. The deadly virus moved along the continent with such a speed that medieval doctors were sure that the disease was spreading through the look.
Historian John Kelly offers an innovative, intimate look at the history of black death. Combining the latest scientific data on the origin and spread of the plague with historical chronicles and diaries of ordinary residents, it recreates the atmosphere of disaster in cities covered by plague.
The terrible scenes described in the book, as if they had left the paintings of the Tryptikh of the “Last Court "Bosch: dusty roads, along which frightened refugees, dogs and rats, running, covered by painful madness, through deserted streets, fields dotted with dead bodies. John Kelly offers the reader a ruthless, extremely frank description of the terrible and destructive consequences of the plague. "
- Mitiko Kakutani, The New York Times
"Some of the dead were so poorly sprinkled that the dogs pulled out and gnawed their bodies, pulling the remains throughout the city. And, believing that this is the end of the world, no one cried on the dead - everyone was expecting death."- Aniolo di tour, Siena, 1348.
For only 1000 days from 1347 to 1351, the plague swept through medieval Europe, taking away a third of its population. It was a disaster that touched the life of every person. The deadly virus moved along the continent with such a speed that medieval doctors were sure that the disease was spreading through the look.
Historian John Kelly offers an innovative, intimate look at the history of black death. Combining the latest scientific data on the origin and spread of the plague with historical chronicles and diaries of ordinary residents, it recreates the atmosphere of disaster in cities covered by plague.
The terrible scenes described in the book, as if they had left the paintings of the Tryptikh of the “Last Court "Bosch: dusty roads, along which frightened refugees, dogs and rats, running, covered by painful madness, through deserted streets, fields dotted with dead bodies. John Kelly offers the reader a ruthless, extremely frank description of the terrible and destructive consequences of the plague. "
- Mitiko Kakutani, The New York Times
Author:
Author:Kelly John
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:History & Geography
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:offset
Series:
Series: hardcore history. History. Personation in the Contemplation
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-04-119124-5
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