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Describes many of the illnesses and diseases people suffered during the Middle Ages such as the Black Death, and examines Medieval remedies, doctors, medical beliefs, and treatments.

The life of Henri, a quiet, sickly boy who has grown up behind abbey walls, changes forever when he is befriended by Micah, a joyful, undisciplined street urchin who joins the choir at St.

Describes the 1347-1351 outbreak of plague in Europe, known as the Black Death, which killed one out of three people and changed the course of European history.

Discusses the conditions and events that led to the terrible plague that devastated fourteenth-century Europe, as well as its impact on those who survived.

Traces the history of the Black Death from a medical perspective, discussing how the deadly disease was transmitted, what impact it had on society, cities, individuals, and art, and how it was treated.

Chronicles the plague that swept through central Asia from 1347 to 1350, describing how the disease was spread and how it ultimately benefited the poor who survived.

In Kingsbridge during the year 1327, four children witness two men being killed in the forest; and years later, even though they have grown apart, they are connected by what they saw.

Examines the causes, effects, and legacy of the epidemic that killed millions of people in Europe during the fourteenth century.

A young boy living in 2407 collides with the past when he finds himself in Strasbourg in 1348 confronting the antisemitism that sweeps through Europe during the Black Plague.

This book traces the history of the bubonic plague, from 1347 when the "Black Death" arrived in Constantinople, Egypt, Sicily, and Italy to the outbreak of the bubonic plague in San Francisco from 1900-1904 to occasional isolated incidents of the bubonic plague in the twenty-first century.

An illustrated introduction that describes the history of the Black Death pandemic in the 1300s, and discusses the causes, spread, symptoms observed, treatment techniques, and the outcome of the devastation.

Describes how the Black Plague of the fourteenth century affected the history of England and explores the plague's beneficial results.

Soon after she, her mother, and her younger brother move into an old house on what was once known as Beggarsgate, Emily begins to have terrifyingly real glimpses of scenes of seventeenth-century London devastated by the plague.

Explores how daily life was impacted during the Black Death plague in Europe, North Africa, and the Near East, describing how special diets, medicines, travel restrictions, and other measures influenced how people ate, socialized, worked, and traveled.