Cohn's invaluable introduction, they will stimulate a wealth of new historical investigation. David Herlihy utilizes new approaches and new forms of evidence to raise intriguing suggestions concerning the economic, social, and cultural history of European civilization and the borderlines between medieval and modern Europe. Because of their provocative ideas and new ways of looking at older assumptions, they are highly worthy of publication., essays redefine the historical study of the Black Death.Herlihy's contention is that we can learn from this 'devastating natural disaster' for example, parallels can be drawn to today's pandemic of AIDS, especially in the resultant bigotries that both engendered.This book, which opens a new chapter on the history and implications of the plague, is essential for all readers of medieval history., The articles in this collection surprisingly are as fresh today as when they were delivered. In them, he raises questions about the impact of the black death on everyday society, agrarian practices, the use of inventions, travel, and medical theory and practice. Fine addition to thinking on the and an example of how good historical thought evolves., Herlihy died in 1991, leaving these 1985 lectures among his unpublished papers.
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