THE BLACK DEATH

The Black Death played an important part in history.  We shall endeavor to cover various important aspects of the plague that ravaged Medieval Europe.  (This section will be under construction during June 2003).

Meanwhile, enjoy some recommended links:

Catacombs of Paris--Good photos
http://www.fortunecity.com/marina/greenland/o/catas/catas.htm

Obsidian, The Catacombs of Paris--Good photos
http://www.madstone.com//catacombs/

Underground Paris--Catacombs of Paris--Good photos
http://www.xvt.com/users/kevink/cata/

Paris Corpses--Catacombs--Interesting
http://www.op.net/~uarts/krupa/corpses/1789_1900.html

Danse Macabre
http://www.totentanz.de/totentanz.htm

Medieval Macabre
http://www.godecookery.com/macabre/macabre.htm

The Pestilence Tyme
http://www.godecookery.com/plague/plague.htm

Death in Art
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/3757/main.html

Literature of Death
http://www.alsirat.com/silence/literature/index.html

The Gothic Literature Page -- Graveyard Poetry
http://members.aol.com/iamudolpho/graveyard.html

Crematorium and Carabolia
http://www.angelfire.com/nc3/crematorium/torium




     

Some recommended books:

The Hour of Our Death
by Philippe Aries
Alfred A. Knopf: New York, 1981
Hardback

    It is a fascinating, in-depth cultural/historical look on Death and Dying covering a period of a thousand years.  Excellent research.  A serious work.  Warning: Some parts are disturbing.

The Black Death
by Philip Ziegler
Harper & Row: New York, 1969
Trade Paperback

    Historical coverage of the Black Plague that devestated Europe during the Dark Ages.  Well done.

The Black Death
A Turning Point in History?
ed. by Wm. M. Bowsky
Robert E. Krieger Publishing: Huntington, NY, 1971
Trade Paperback

    Yet another historical book about the Black Plague.  An interesting read.

We just learned of these books:

In the Wake of the Plague:  The Black Death and the World It Made
by Norman F. Cantor

The Black Death:  The Impact of the Fourteenth-Century Plague
by State University of New York at Binghamton Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies

Life During the Black Death
by John M. Dunn

The Black Death and Peasant's Revolt
by Leonard W. Cowie

A Distant Mirror:  The Calamitous 14th Century
by Barbara W. Tuchman



 MORE TO COME!

                                                  




                                                              
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