Ziegler, Philip. The Black Death. New York, 1969. A Review By Michelle Hammer History 513 – England to 1688 In Zieglers' book The Black Death, he talks about the origins and nature of the bubonic plague. There was another factor in the Black Death. ...

No one was exempt as it swept in off the shores and into the countryside laying its burden of death and pestilence. Europe had prospered readily for about 300 years prior to the beginning of the 1300's but a series of natural disasters occurred. Poor harvests and famine were common and as the p...