Project Gutenberg 2014-05-29 Public domain in the USA. 782 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 Reading ease score: 66.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Black Death Medicine, Medieval Diseases and history RC Text Browsing: Health & Medicine Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Medieval/The Middle Ages Category: History - Other Category: History - European Category: History - Medieval/Middle Ages 696363 2025-06-18T14:22:39.037987 text/html 642439 2024-10-24T07:39:02 text/html 340542 2025-06-18T14:22:51.949956 application/epub+zip 351378 2025-06-18T14:22:41.803068 application/epub+zip 294377 2025-06-18T14:22:40.678959 application/epub+zip 576210 2025-06-18T14:22:59.190989 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 554075 2025-06-18T14:22:50.974906 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 497600 2022-09-20T20:36:22.114787 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 527142 2025-06-18T14:22:37.522079 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 507220 2024-10-24T07:39:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17133 2025-06-18T14:22:59.518872 application/rdf+xml 13618 2025-06-18T14:22:40.891968 image/jpeg 2458 2025-06-18T14:22:40.786961 image/jpeg 324186 2025-06-18T14:22:39.097043 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia