{"product_id":"the-black-death-the-worlds-most-devastating-plague","title":"The Black Death: The World's Most Devastating Plague","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1340s  a cataclysmic plague-known to us as the Black Death-left up to 75 million dead across Europe. While the story of the Black Death is one of destruction and loss  it is also one of the most compelling and deeply intriguing episodes in human history. Understanding its aftermath provides a highly revealing window on the forces that brought about the Renaissance  the Protestant Reformation  and modernity itself. Speaking to the full magnitude of this world-changing historical moment  The Black Death: The Worlds Most Devastating Plague  taught by celebrated medievalist Dorsey Armstrong of Purdue University  takes you on an unforgettable excursion into the time period of the plague  its full human repercussions  and its transformative effects on European civilization. In 24 richly absorbing lectures  youll follow the path of the epidemic in its complete trajectory across medieval Europe. Youll examine the epidemiological causes of the disaster; the social panic it spawned; its influence on religion  society  politics  economics  and art; and the long-term consequences for a continent that  less than two centuries later  would have the technology and the wherewithal to explore a new world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44947607060533,"sku":"ByrdShop_1629972819","price":59.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781629972817.jpg?v=1770020791","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-black-death-the-worlds-most-devastating-plague","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}