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John Kelly’s, The Great Mortality, is a well written piece of history about a period we’ve all heard about (the black death), but to which we don’t give much thought. The Great Mortality is the extraordinary epic account of the worst natural disaster in European history -- a drama of courage, cowardice, misery, madness, and sacrifice that brilliantly illuminates humankind's darkest days when an old world ended and a new world was born. The Great Mortality is the extraordinary epic account of the worst natural disaster in European history-a drama of courage, cowardice, misery, madness, and sacrifice that brilliantly illuminates humankind's darkest days when an old world ended and a new world was born. Enough notaries, municipal and church authorities, physicians, and merchants stepped forward to keep governments and courts and churches and financial houses running -- albeit at a much reduced level. He notes the ripeness for disaster of the overpopulated, resource-depleted, ecologically stressed late-medieval Europe on which the plague descended, and in the most riveting chapter considers the outbursts of anti-Jewish violence by plague-panicked Gentiles, which the church tried, seldom successfully, to stem, and in which modern, racist anti-Semitism was forged. Each track explores the sadistic nature of mankind during this time of despair and the violent acts and atrocities they committed to their fellow man. 'The earth gaped wide,' says Friar Michele, 'and the donkey upon which the statue of the Mother of God was being carried became as fixed and immovable as a rock.' Western Europe is the primary focus of Kelly's compact history, which is "intimate" in that it highlights many particular persons' passages through the crucible years, 1348-49. Please try again. Thirty million people dead in Europe, a third of the Middle East wiped out, and China “depopulated.” The Great Plague is one of the most compelling events in human history, even more so now, when the notion of plague—be it animal or human—has never loomed larger as a contemporary public concern The plague that devastated Asia and Europe in the 14th century has been of never-ending interest to both scholarly and general readers. He has a mildly irritating tendency to repeat bits and pieces of information unnecessarily, but that is a minor complaint about a good book. Occasionally interesting, but it has little to do with the plague. As Kelly puts it, "the plague bacillus, Yersinia pestis, swallowed Eurasia the way a snake swallows a rabbit -- whole, virtually in a single sitting. . It is the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history, resulting in the deaths of 75–200 million people in Eurasia and North Africa, peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351. Though the story is set in full historical context and though a full panoply of gruesome statistics is presented, its emphasis is on the ordinary (and some not so ordinary) men, women and children who fell victim to the plague, and those who survived. The author so often runs off on tangents that the reader is left with the impression he has forgotten what he is writing about. The author is very redundant,which in his defense writing of a plagues march across Europe will have a lot of reoccurring events. HarperCollins Publishers. By F. Scott Fitzgerald. There simply was no choice: The plague had to run its course. If you have any interest in the Black Death and the Middle Ages in Europe, and you can appreciate the scholarship that went into this book, then order it right this minute! In another, a statue of the Blessed Virgin comes alive en route to Messina and, horrified by the city's sinfulness, refuses to enter. John Kelly, who holds a graduate degree in European history, is the author and coauthor of ten books on science, medicine, and human behavior, including Three on the Edge, which Publishers Weekly called the work of "an expert storyteller." Share to Reddit. In The Great Mortality, author John Kelly lends an air of immediacy and intimacy to his telling of the journey of the plague as it traveled from the steppes of Russia, across Europe, and into England, killing 75 million people—one third of the known population—before it vanished. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 19, 2018. There we were in Avignon, where the pope in residence stumbled through the plague years, living it up while the streets were piling up with bodies. A compelling and harrowing history of the Black Death epidemic that swept through Europe in the mid–14th century killing 25 million people. One graphic testimony can be found at St Mary's, Ashwell, Hertfordshire, where an anonymous hand carved a harrowing inscription for 1349: 'Wretched, terrible, destructive year, the remnants of the people alone remain.'. While there is much that is not known about the great pestilence which struck Europe most savagely in 1348 to 1350, this much can be said: in all of human history, there has never been a most devastating event. Though previous and subsequent epidemics moved relatively slowly, this one marched from place to place with such speed that "several medieval medical authorities were convinced the disease was spread via glance." Whoa. What a great and terrible history. From China in the east to Greenland in the west, from Siberia in the north to India in the south, the plague blighted lives everywhere, including in the ancient societies of the Middle East: Syria, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq. Bubonic plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, but it may also cause septicaemic or pneumonic plagues. It was one of the most devastating human disasters in history. Which it isn’t... . While the introduction of the plague and its causes was fantastic, the sections about the plague felt sparse at times. For example, the section on anti-semitism was long, with lots of background and only partially focused on the plague, which was interesting but I would become a bit of a slog while waiting for information related directly to the plague. Please try again. The Great Mortality is the extraordinary epic account of the worst natural disaster in European history-a drama of courage, cowardice, misery, madness, and sacrifice that brilliantly illuminates humankind's darkest days when an old world ended and a new world was born. While there is much that is not known about the great pestilence which struck Europe most savagely in 1348 to 1350, this much can be said: in all of human history, there has never been a most devastating event. Overall, an interesting read considering the times. There is so much more going on but you get the picture. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. It is harrowing portrait of a continent gripped by an epidemic, but also a very personal story narrated by the individuals whose lives were touched by it. The Black Death raced across Europe from the 1340s to the early 1350s, killing a third of the population. I read this book years ago (like 2013). --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Apr 24, 2021 - The Great Plague is one of the most compelling events in human history, even more so now, when the notion of plague—be it animal or human—has never loomed larger as a contemporary public concern The plague that devastated Asia and Europe in … ---AudioFile You are listening to a sample of the Audible narration for this Kindle book. The author so often runs off on tangents that the reader is left with the impression he has forgotten what he is writing about. It was only in later centuries that the term Black Death would be coined. Chapter 2 Nick Carraway. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. There is an immense literature about the Black Death, the catastrophic plague that swept through Europe in the middle of the 14th century, but the subject of death on a mass scale has acquired heightened urgency in recent years because of AIDS, genocide and the various threats posed by terrorism. Agnolo di Turo, Siena, 1348, In just over 1000 days from 1347 to 1351 the 'Black Death' swept across medieval Europe killing 30% of it's population. It was a dreadful way to die. Some of those are famous (e.g., Petrarch, Boccaccio), others long-forgotten figures weighty in their time (e.g., Bishop Ralph of Shrewsbury), a scandalous celebrity (Queen Joanna of Naples and Sicily, whose prosecution, ultimately before the pope, for murdering her husband, a son of the king of Hungary, prefigured O. J. Simpson's as a meretricious diversion), and commoners like John Ronewyck, the reeve, or manager, of a large English farm, whose character Kelly extrapolates from business records. The people who lived through it called it the Great Mortality, or the Great Pestilence, or sometimes Blue Sickness. But John Kelly's. Usually, most of the chapter would focus on introducing the city or area and less time on the plague itself, which was frustrating. ", Beyond that, Europe emerged from the plague a better place than it had been before. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time - Ebook written by John Kelly. I pitched this book after seeing positive reviews and being interested in the topic and the fact that it was non-fidtion.the first 60 or so pages were amazing and full of detail. There is no dispute that the Black Death, otherwise known as the “Great Mortality, ” or simply “The Plague,” was a trans-continental disease which swept Europe and killed millions during the fourteenth century.However, there is now argument over exactly what this epidemic was. In The Great Mortality, author John Kelly lends an air of immediacy and intimacy to his telling of the journey of the plague as it traveled from the steppes of Russia, across Europe, and into England, killing 75 million people—one third of the known population—before it vanished. The Great Mortality is the extraordinary epic account of the worst natural disaster in European history -- a drama of courage, cowardice, misery, madness, and sacrifice that brilliantly illuminates humankind's darkest days when an old world ended and a new world was born. 2 likes. The Great Mortality is the extraordinary epic account of the worst natural disaster in European history - a drama of courage, cowardice, misery, madness, and sacrifice that brilliantly illuminates humankind's darkest days when an old world ended and a new world was … HarperCollins (2005), 356 pages. Chronicles the Great Plague that devastated Asia and Europe in the fourteenth century, documenting the experiences of people who lived during its height while describing the decline of moral boundaries that also marked the period It’ll creep you out and keep the pages turning. Do you believe that this item violates a copyright? In one, 'a black dog with a naked sword in its paw' rushes into a church and smashes the silver vessels, lamps, and candlesticks on the altar. Written for the lay reader rather than the scholar, it conveys in excruciating but necessary detail a powerful sense of just how terribly Europe suffered, and just how resilient it was in the face of what seemed to many certain extinction. It would then be an excellent starting point for further exploration into more Plague History, the guideposts are all here. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Excellent book. Previous Next . There was a problem loading your book clubs. I have read a few. Read with the free Kindle apps (available on iOS, Android, PC & Mac), Kindle E-readers and on Fire Tablet devices. The Great Mortality, Watampone, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia. I just wish more of my resources had been like this at Uni. Charles Prudhomme Western Civilization I Dr. Lori Lehtola 4, April 2021 Mortality Project Day 1: Quite oddly, just the other Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2018. This bar-code number lets you verify that you're getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. $25.95. In Florence and Venice, rudimentary public-health systems were established "to oversee sanitation and the burial of the dead," which doubtless was of far greater benefit to future generations than to the victims of 1348. The reason I wrote this review is for other people like me that may not be able to stick with redundancy and save them $11. He lives in New York City. According to the Foster scale, a kind of Richter scale of human disaster, the plague of 1347–51 is the second worst catastrophe in recorded history. It killed 60 percent in many places, even more in self-contained communities, such as monasteries--in all, one-third of Europe's people. Lyrically 'The Great Mortality' delves into the dark and macabre history of the Black Death that swept across Europe from 1348 onward. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. Or to live in a society where the bonds of blood and sentiment and law have lost all meaning, where anyone can murder or rape or plunder anyone else without fear of consequence. Five years later, twenty-five million people were dead, felled by the scourge that would come to be called the Black Death. This will educate the heck out of you and it reads like a good novel. Does this book contain quality or formatting issues? Medieval medicine "was a mixture of folk wisdom, magic, superstition and craft." But statistics can’t convey what it was like to sit in Siena or Avignon and hear that a thousand people a day are dying two towns away. In trying to devise preventive schemes, authorities had few useful suggestions. By John Kelly. The plague that devastated Asia and Europe in the 14th century has been of never-ending interest to both scholarly and general readers. Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2019. My niece and sister and I went to England and France this summer and every night, one of us would read aloud, chapter after chapter. Great Britain? The modern analysis of surviving records indicates that the mortality rate throughout Europe averaged at least 50 percent. View Great Mortality 123.docx from HUMA 1301 at Houston Community College. In his non-fiction book The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time (2005), American historian John Kelly examines the Great Plague that swept through Europe and Asia during the fourteenth century, killing up to 200 million people, including about one-third of Europe's total population over the span of five years. I read this book years ago (like 2013). He begins by setting the stage for the mortality, which is what the contemporaries called it, by discussing where the plague may have come from, how it moved into Europe, and the various types of rats, and people, that may or may not have moved the infected fleas from place to place. The author takes us all over the place: What was the Plague like in Constantinople? Waiting was exactly what Europe did. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Review Quotes "A compelling and eminently readable portrait." Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, No Import Fees Deposit & $12.28 Shipping to Poland. Share to Tumblr. 364 pp. France? The Great Mortality is a strange impressive explanation of the worst natural catastrophe that occurred in Europe. I also liked the way the author followed the progress of the plague from place throughout the book. The plague would have been devastating in any circumstances, but those of mid-14th-century Europe were especially hospitable to it. Occasionally interesting, but it has little to do with the plague. The people who lived through it called it the Great Mortality, or the Great Pestilence, or sometimes Blue Sickness. Highlight, take notes, and search in the book. Being a nurse I appreciate the information on transmission and disease process. Which it isn’t... . Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. I can’t imagine the years of investigating and study that went into the lucid writing of this book but I am so grateful to the author. The considerably more mundane truth is that it was spread at first by rats -- in particular one known then as "Pharaoh's rat," now called the tarabagan -- and then by the breath and touch of the humans afflicted. Please try your request again later. Many books on the plague rely on statistics to tell the story: how many people died; how farm output and trade declined. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (August 21, 2012), Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2019. The trip was so much more interesting as a result. In The Great Mortality John Kelly retraces the journey of the Black Death using original source material – diary fragments, letters, manuscripts – as it swept across Europe. How many people perished in the Black Death is unknown; for Europe, the most widely accepted mortality figure is 33 percent. Does this book contain inappropriate content? . It was agreed that "the best defense against plague was to remain healthy, and above all, this meant avoiding infected air," but it was hard to be healthy when food was so limited and nutritionally inadequate and when the air stank with the fumes of filth and human and animal waste. Please try again. The 13-digit and 10-digit formats both work. The great mortality : an intimate history of the Black Death, the most devastating plague of all time Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. ― John Kelly, The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time. The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time, Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (January 31, 2006). I remembered it as a well written history with lots of details of what it was like to be the average Joe during the Black Death. Or to live in a society where the bonds of blood and sentiment and law have lost all meaning, where anyone can murder or rape or plunder anyone else without fear of consequence. It tells you so much about the horrors of the time and how we managed to get through it. The Great Mortality An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time This edition was published in February 1, 2005 by HarperCollins. As the plague pressed its relentless advance, and as the news preceded it from place to place, people were paralyzed with dread: "Though the plague was moving with great swiftness, often advancing several miles in a single day, the sense of shock had evaporated. As one wrote: "Instantaneous death occurs when the aerial spirit escaping from the eyes of the sick man strikes the healthy person standing near and looking at the sick." 987 likes. John Kelly’s, The Great Mortality, is a well written piece of history about a period we’ve all heard about (the black death), but to which we don’t give much thought. In The Great Mortality, author John Kelly lends an air of immediacy and intimacy to his telling of the journey of the plague as it traveled from the steppes of Russia, across Europe, and into England, killing 75 million people—one third of the known population—before it vanished. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Many thanks to the seller too who is very good. I don’t know if there just is not a lot of research to pull from or if the author was more interested in the science and less in the history. Share to Twitter. "Narrator Matthew Lloyd Davies captures the grim ironies and mordant humor that underlie Kelly's account." In raw numbers that means that between 1347, when the plague arrived in Sicily, and 1352, when it appeared in the plains of Moscow, the continent lost twenty-five million of its seventy-five million inhabitants.". 'The Great Mortality' April 3, 2005 Feodosiya sits on the eastern coast of the crimea, a rectangular spit of land where the Eurasian steppe stops to dip its toe into the Black Sea. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. The Great Mortality is the extraordinary epic account of the worst natural disaster in European history -- a drama of courage, cowardice, misery, madness, and sacrifice that brilliantly illuminates humankind's darkest days when an old world ended and a new world was born. John Kelly is an independent scholar specializing in the intersection of European history with health, human behavior, and science. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. While the introduction of the plague and its causes was fantastic, the sections about the plague felt sparse at times. So many books go into dry statistics but this covers all angles in an engaging way that actually makes you think about the individuals lost to history. The author takes us all over the place: What was the Plague like in Constantinople? John Kelly’s, The Great Mortality, is a well written piece of history about a period we’ve all heard about (the black death), but to which we don’t give much thought. Well organized, easy read, and context for the Black Death, Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2017. In a few places such as England, where "steady leadership may have helped to sustain order, self-discipline, and lawfulness," the toll was brought somewhat under control. The Great Mortality is the extraordinary epic account of the worst natural disaster in European history -- a drama of courage, cowardice, misery, madness, and sacrifice that brilliantly illuminates humankind's darkest days when an old world ended and a new world was born. The Great Gatsby: Mortality Quotes. The plague that devastated Asia and Europe in the 14th century has been of never-ending interest to both scholarly and general readers. I enjoyed the book immensely, but sometimes it felt like things went a bit off track. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Kelly proceeds chronologically, beginning with the plague's prehistory in north central Asia and its spread through China before empire-building Mongols brought it west. The deadly Y. Pestis virus entered Europe by Genoese galley at Messina, Sicily in October 1347. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. 980 likes. The trip was so much more interesting as a result. Indeed in many places there was evidence of the human capacity to overcome adversity: "The forceful Venetian response to the Black Death proves the point of Disaster and Recovery, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission study on thermonuclear war. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. It is harrowing portrait of a continent gripped by an epidemic, but also a very personal story narrated by … Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. The book is an interesting history of Europe in the time of the plague, but offers little information about the epidemic itself. If you have any interest in the Black Death and the Middle Ages in Europe, and you can appreciate the scholarship that went into this book, then order it right this minute! Like “King Alfonso of Castile, who was besieging the Muslim stronghold, was urged to flee to safety. Enough time to think and wonder and worry.". In the worst years of the mortality, Europeans witnessed horrors comparable to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but even when death was everywhere and only a fool would dare to hope, the thin fabric of civilization held -- sometimes by the skin of its teeth, but it held. For example, the section on anti-semitism was long, with lots of background and only partially focused on the plague, which was interesting but I would become a bit of a slog while waiting for information related directly to the plague. Kelly summarizes and interprets previous scholarship in a wholly accessible way, and his research in primary sources gives the book its powerful human element. 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