From the brink of the apocalypse
confronting famine, war, plague and death in the later Middle Ages
Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
Starvation
Black Death
Medieval History
Apocalyptic literature
Medieval Medicine
Famines
Warfare
Great britain, civilization
Plague
Disasters
England
Civilisation
War
Historia
Histoire et critique
Civilization
History and criticism
History
"Relying on rich literary and historical sources John Aberth brings this period to life. Taking his themes from the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, he describes how the Great Famine and Black Death swept away nearly half of Europe's population, while the royal houses of England and France were enga…
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