The Black Death Author:Philip Ziegler Between 1347 and 1359, the Black Death killed at least one third of Europes inhabitants. — Sweeping from Asia into Europe, where it's more appalling by-products included the flagellants and the first great Jewish pogroms, the plague reached England in 1348. — Philip Zeigler's classic account traces the course of the plague through Europe, and incl... more »udes detailed chapters on the state of medicine, the position of the Church, and the broader social and economic repercussions, as well as a fascinating reconstruction of life in a medieval English village suddenly overtaken by plague.« less