Project Gutenberg 2016-06-26 Public domain in the USA. 195 Hecker, J. F. C. (Justus Friedrich Carl) 1795 1850 Hecker, Justus Friedrich Karl Hecker, I. F. C. Hecker, Justus Friedrich Carl Babington, B. G. (Benjamin Guy) 1794 1866 Babington, Benjamin Guy The Black Death in the Fourteenth Century The Black Death in the 14th Century Produced by Thiers Halliwell thiers@mydigimail.net, Archibald Ogden-Smith a.f.ogden.smith@gmail.com, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Black Death in the Fourteenth Century" by J. F. C. Hecker is a historical account written in the early 19th century. This work delves into one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, the Black Death, which ravaged Europe and parts of Asia in the 14th century. Hecker meticulously explores the symptoms, progression, and aftermath of the disease, as well as its profound social and moral implications on the affected populations. The opening of this historical examination presents an account of the early impacts of the Black Death, setting the stage for the understanding of this vast calamity. It begins with a thorough discussion by the translator, emphasizing the need for a more comprehensive view of the epidemic and its causes, as well as a recounting of the human suffering it caused. The text illustrates how the plague, characterized by severe symptoms such as black boils and coughing up blood, incited fear, despair, and significant changes in social structure, moral order, and health practices across Europe. Hecker's detailed descriptions lay the groundwork for a more in-depth analysis in subsequent chapters about the disease's spread, mortality rates, and the collective suffering endured during this catastrophic period. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Black Death RC Text Browsing: Health & Medicine Browsing: History - Medieval/The Middle Ages 326668 326643 2024-09-21T18:01:09.195048 2023-09-22T14:27:55.005842 text/html text/html 324401 2020-10-05T14:51:34 text/html; charset=utf-8 306537 2020-10-05T14:52:46 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 315745 2024-09-21T18:01:15.778996 application/epub+zip 317995 2024-09-21T18:01:10.742997 application/epub+zip 179616 2024-09-21T18:01:10.089033 application/epub+zip 427019 2024-09-21T18:01:19.479000 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 386652 2024-09-21T18:01:15.091026 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 260796 2022-09-23T21:46:27.928741 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 245639 245370 2024-09-21T18:01:08.332030 2023-09-22T14:27:54.177739 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 245869 2016-06-26T00:00:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 96854 2020-10-05T14:52:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19203 2024-09-21T18:01:19.627955 application/rdf+xml 19078 2024-09-21T18:01:10.209014 image/jpeg 2463 2024-09-21T18:01:10.146013 image/jpeg 306664 2024-09-21T18:01:09.223008 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 en.wikipedia