By A. Lloyd Moote and Dorothy C. Moote. 357 pp., illustrated. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. $29.95. ISBN 0-8018-7783-0.
Plague killed millions, quickly. It terrified communities, families,and individuals. Plague put enormous pressure on social cohesionand economic activities. Beginning at the time of the BlackDeath, from 1347 to 1352, plague repeatedly visited Europe'spopulations until it died down in the 18th century. At eachvisitation of the deadly disease to a particular area, some20 percent of the population died — less than the devastationof the Black Death (which killed one third to one half of thepopulace), but still a catastrophic event. In England therewere successive "Great Plagues," the most famous being the last. . . [Full Text of this Article]
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