Sweeping across the known world with unchecked devastation, the Black Death claimed between 75 million and 200 million lives in four short years. In this engaging and well-researched book, the trajectory of the plague's march west across Eurasia and the cause of the great pandemic is thoroughly explored. 

✓ What was the Black Death?

✓ A Short History of Pandemics

✓ Chronology & Trajectory

✓ Causes & Pathology

✓ Medieval Theories & Disease Control

✓ Black Death in Medieval Culture

✓ Consequences

Fascinating insights into the medieval mind's perception of the disease and examinations of contemporary accounts give a complete picture of what the world's most effective killer meant to medieval society in particular and humanity in general.