Daily life during the Black Death was anything but normal. When plague hit a community, every aspect of life was turned upside down, from relations within famil

From acclaimed historians Frances and Joseph Gies comes the reissue of their classic book on day-to-day life in medieval cities, which was a source for George R

This study of the Black Death considers the nature of the disease, its origin, spread, mortality and its impact on history.

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 engagi