![]() ![]() These chapters go over what effect the plague had on society. Ziegler's theses in the final chapters are very wishy-washy. Some of the statistics are very minute, including the number of, say, deacons in a particular parish. All these chapters describe possible population decreases with Ziegler plowing through a tremendous amount of sources in order to come to a happy medium when those sources disagree. Five of the book's fourteen chapters focus on the spread of the plague in England, while Italy and the rest of continental Europe receive only two chapters. The majority of the book focuses on the statistics of the plague in England. It has two faults: 1) a research dependent on England, and 2) very vague conclusions. "The Black Death" is a very tedious, though well-researched book. ![]() Wishy-Washy Tales, Lots About England, Overall Readable ![]()
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