After the Black Death: Plague and Commemoration Among Iberian Jews

by Susan L Einbinder and Susan L. Einbinder

Book Overview

The Black Death of 1348-50 devastated Europe. With mortality estimates ranging from thirty to sixty percent of the population, it was arguably the most significant event of the fourteenth century. Nonetheless, its force varied across the continent, and so did the ways people responded to it. Surprisingly, there is little Jewish writing extant that directly addresses the impact of the plague, or even of the violence that sometimes accompanied it...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812225228
• ISBN13: 9780812225228
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"