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The Black Death: The Intimate Story of a Village in Crisis 1345-50: An Intimate History Paperback – Import, July 9, 2009
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How the people of a typical English village lived and died in the worst epidemic in history.
The Black Death remains the greatest disaster to befall humanity, killing about half the population of the planet in the 14th century. John Hatcher recreates everyday medieval life in a parish in Suffolk, from which an exceptional number of documents survive. This enables us to view events through the eyes of its residents, revealing in unique detail what it was like to live and die in these terrifying times.
With scrupulous attention to historical accuracy, John Hatcher describes what the parishioners experienced, what they knew and what they believed. His narrative is peopled with characters developed from the villagers named in the actual town records and a series of dramatic scenes portray how contemporaries must have experienced the momentous events.
- Print length400 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherW&N
- Publication dateJuly 9, 2009
- Dimensions5.2 x 1.02 x 7.76 inches
- ISBN-100753823071
- ISBN-13978-0753823071
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- Publisher : W&N (July 9, 2009)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 400 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0753823071
- ISBN-13 : 978-0753823071
- Item Weight : 9.9 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.2 x 1.02 x 7.76 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #5,140,023 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #8,404 in Historical British & Irish Literature
- #218,730 in Historical Fiction (Books)
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Hatcher has wisely chosen to describe the Black Death in a very real, specific context, with the leading character, Father John, as a highly credible centerpiece. No gripping plot here. Just a completely believable representation of daily life in an English village as disaster enfolds it. The primary role of the Church is entirely appropriate, since for most citizens of medieval England, there was but ONE Church and that Church had an outsized role in every aspect of life, from the nobles to the peasantry.
For the modern reader, Hatcher brings us close to daily life in the time of the Black Death. Ordinary people, ordinary lives, overwhelmed a deadly, baffling catastrophe.
Hatcher's work is great, but I just can't see it managing to stoke a new-found interest in history in most readers.