Project Gutenberg 2014-05-29 Public domain in the USA. 244 Gasquet, Francis Aidan 1846 1929 The Great Pestilence (A.D. 1348-9), Now Commonly Known as the Black Death Produced by Clarity, RichardW, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Great Pestilence (A.D. 1348-9), Now Commonly Known as the Black Death" by Francis Aidan Gasquet is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work delves into the devastating impacts of the Black Death, examining its origins, spread, and consequences across Europe. The narrative explores the epidemic's historical significance, framing it as a pivotal turning point that reshaped social, religious, and economic landscapes. The opening of the book sets the stage for this exploration by detailing how the epidemic began, specifically its transmission from the East to Europe via trade routes. Initially, it describes reports from the East about a mysterious and deadly illness decimating large populations, particularly among the Tartars during a siege in Caffa. From there, the narrative moves to the arrival of infected ships in European ports like Genoa and Venice, where the contagion rapidly spread, revealing the terrifying symptoms and sheer mortality that followed. Gasquet emphasizes the chaotic living conditions, public despair, and the moral decline that ensued as communities struggled to cope with the overwhelming death toll, crafted through contemporary accounts and personal testimonies that paint a vivid and harrowing picture of the era. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45815/45815-h/images/cover.jpg en Black Death Medicine, Medieval Diseases and history RC Text Browsing: Health & Medicine Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Medieval/The Middle Ages 696145 696155 2024-09-19T08:17:58.630018 2023-09-20T04:42:35.035907 text/html text/html 662334 2014-05-29T12:51:52 text/html; charset=utf-8 320380 2014-05-29T12:57:36 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 340204 2024-09-19T08:18:10.411955 application/epub+zip 351291 2024-09-19T08:18:00.442023 application/epub+zip 294280 2024-09-19T08:17:59.505045 application/epub+zip 576140 2024-09-19T08:18:17.353431 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 553943 2024-09-19T08:18:09.534017 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 497600 2022-09-20T20:36:22.114787 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 526889 2024-09-19T08:17:56.312068 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 526966 2014-05-29T12:51:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 194233 2014-05-29T12:57:36 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 526479 2014-05-29T12:52:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 193989 2014-05-29T12:57:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 526508 2014-05-29T12:55:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 193854 2014-05-29T12:57:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22123 2024-09-19T08:18:17.515425 application/rdf+xml 13618 2024-09-19T08:17:59.705032 image/jpeg 2458 2024-09-19T08:17:59.603010 image/jpeg 324133 2024-09-19T08:17:58.683010 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia