The Black Death - J Byrne (2004) torrent

The Black Death by Joseph P. Byrne

Greenwood Press; annotated edition (September 30, 2004) | English | 0313324921 | 272 pages | PDF | 1.10 MB







An ideal introduction and guide to the greatest natural disaster to ever curse humanity, replete with illustrations, biographical sketches, and primary documents. Presents medieval and modern perspectives of this disturbing yet fascinating tragic historical episode.


JOSEPH P. BYRNE is a European historian and Associate Professor of Honors at Belmont University in Nashville, TN. He has conducted research and published articles on a wide variety of subjects, from Roman catacombs to American urbanization, though his area of expertise is Italy in the era of the Black Death.