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From the Brink of the Apocalypse: Confronting Famine, War, Plague, and Death in the Later Middle Ages
Europe during the later Middle Ages was a scene of unparalleled chaos. At no other time in history did so much misery--in the form of war, famine, plague, and death--descend upon the earth. At times it must have seemed like the end of the world was truly at hand. And yet, as John Aberth reveals in this lively work, a firm belief in the ways of providence and the first stirrings of greater political freedom allowed communities to endure. Far from conventional notions of the "waning" of the Middle Ages, John Aberth reveals here a world with fears, hopes, and passions that we recognize as our own.
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From the Brink of the Apocalypse: Confronting Famine, War, Plague, and Death in the Later Middle Ages