The Black Death by Sean Martin
Pocket-guide to one of the most significant and catastrophic events in medieval history, which, in England alone, reduced the population from nearly six million to just over three million. Concise and well-informed, the book traces the origins of the disease and follows its terrible march through Europe from the Italian cities to the far-flung corners of Scandinavia. It describes responses to the plague and makes clear how helpless was the medicine of the day in the face of it. A vivid and dramatic account of one of the great catastrophes of history.
Seán Martin is a writer, poet and filmmaker. He is the author of The Knights Templar, The Cathars, The Gnostics, The Black Death, Alchemy and Alchemists, A Short History ofDisease and, for Kamera Books, Andrei Tarkovsky and New Waves in Cinema. His films include Lanterna Magicka: Bill Douglas & the Secret History of Cinema (released by the BFI), Folie à Deux and a series of documentaries on the filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky: Tarkovsky's Andrei Rublev: A Journey (released by Criterion), The Dream in the Mirror (released by Criterion), The Last Dream: Andrei Tarkovsky and The Sacrifice and A Dream of Italy: Tarkovsky and Nostalghia. Martin won the Wigtown Poetry Prize in 2011, and his collection of poems, The Girl Who Got onto the Ferry in Citizen Kane, is published by Templar Poetry.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781903047743 |
| ISBN 10 | 1903047749 |
| Title | The Black Death |
| Author | Sean Martin |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oldcastle Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2001-11-30 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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