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From the brink of the apocalypse : confronting famine, war, plague, and death in the later middle ages / John Aberth.
LIBRA DA245 .A24 2001
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aberth, John, 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black Death.
- Famines.
- History.
- Disasters.
- Great Britain--History--Lancaster and York, 1399-1485.
- Great Britain.
- Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.
- Apocalyptic literature.
- Disasters--England--History--To 1500.
- Great Britain--History--14th century.
- Famines--England--History--To 1500.
- England--Civilization--1066-1485.
- England.
- Civilization.
- Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453.
- Black Death--England.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2001.
- Summary:
- This study of Europe during the Middle Ages looks at the war, famine, plague, and death that were prevalent, and compares the time period to the themes of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Illustrations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-291) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0415927153
- OCLC:
- 43810819
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