319 pages, 1 leaf of plates : illustrations, map. ; 23 cm
Contents
Origins and nature -- The state of Europe -- Italy -- France : the state of medieval knowledge -- Germany : the Flagellants and the persecution of the Jews -- The rest of Continental Europe -- Arrival in England : the West Country -- Progress across the south -- London : hygiene and the medieval city -- Sussex, Kent and East Anglia -- The Midlands and the north of England -- The Welsh borders, Wales, Ireland and Scotland -- The plague in a medieval village -- The toll in lives -- The social and economic consequences -- Education, agriculture and architecture -- The effects on the church and man's mind