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The Black Death: A Global History of Humanity’s Most Devastating Pandemic
. narr. by Thomas Asbridge & Justin Avoth. May 2026. 19:01 hrs. ISBN 9798217278534. $95. HISTORY COPY ISBN Renowned historian of the Middle Ages Asbridge ( Richard I: The Crusader King) sheds light on the Black Death by showing readers how the 14th-century plague affected the daily lives of people throughout Europe, northern Africa, Byzantium, Asia, the Middle East, and other parts of the known world. The book dives into how the disease affected some areas more than others.
Hot Type: The Magnificent Machine That Gave Birth to Mass Media and Drove Mark Twain Mad
Jeff Jarvis. Bloomsbury Academic, $25 (384p) ISBN 979-8-7651-2395-9 The Linotype machine, an 1886 invention that mechanized and vastly sped up the setting of type to print newspapers and books, sparked an explosion of printed content while stirring fears of unemployment and dehumanizing technology, according to this wide-ranging history from journalist Jarvis (The Web We Weave).
How Medieval Doctors, Christian and Muslim, Treated the Black Death
Many physicians sought to treat patients struck down by the Black Death. These doctors typically turned to the extant body of medical knowledge, derived from the ancient world and Arabic texts written between the ninth and the twelfth centuries; they tried to fit this new plague into the established framework of Galenic Humoral Theory; and they employed traditional therapies, including bloodletting and cautery. Their efforts proved to be wholly ineffective.
Check It Out! Book reviews from Ruth Enlow Library
OAKLAND — The Ruth Enlow Library, Garrett County’s public library system, offers reviews each month of books that are currently available for lending. The following includes the book reviews from July: The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, The Power Behind Five English Thrones By Thomas Asbridge Published by Ecco Press Reviewed by Thomas Vose William Marshal started life as younger son with no prospects — a child hostage condemned to death for his father’s disloyalty.
Crusaders and Historians | Thomas F. Madden
The Crusades have been a topic of intense scholarly investigation for the last forty years. Some of the best historians in the world have focused their efforts on learning how the Crusade movement, unique in human history, could have developed and flourished in medieval Europe. In thousands of journal articles and scholarly monographs Christianity’s holy wars have been probed, analyzed, and debated. Much still remains to be done, but the fruits of all of this research cannot be denied.
E-Book Nonfiction
When you purchase an independently ranked book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. Best Sellers Methodology A version of this list appears in the July 3, 2016 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings on weekly lists reflect sales for the week ending June 18, 2016. Lists are published early online.
The crusades: The war for the holy land
A banker by profession, Salim Ansar has a passion for history and historic books. His personal library already boasts a treasure trove of over 7,000 rare and unique books. Every week, we shall take a leaf from one such book and treat you to a little taste of history.
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? No, far too long of a listen, II would much sooner recommend someone listen to the history of rome podcast before this book. What was most disappointing about Edward Gibbon’s story? He often seems to go off topic, in to long winded stories of little or no value to the overall book. The book is written for an audience many generations dead, with language and references that are not easily picked up.
Boek | De eerste kruistocht - Thomas Asbridge
De eerste kruistocht betekende een keerpunt in de verhouding tussen het Westen en de islam, een conflict dat twee wereldgodsdiensten in wrok en voortschrijdende vijandschap achterliet en waarvan de gevolgen vandaag de dag nog steeds voelbaar zijn. Negenhonderd jaar geleden ontstak in West-Europa het heilige vuur en werden honderdduizend christenen opgeroepen om af te reizen naar een onbekende wereld teneinde Jeruzalem te heroveren op de moslims.
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