The Black Death in Egypt and England by Stuart J. Borsch - 9780292722132

The Black Death in Egypt and EnglandA Comparative Study\nAuthor(s): Stuart J. Borsch\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Texas Press, United States\nImprint: University of Texas Press\nISBN-13: 9780292722132, 978-0292722132\nSynopsis\nThroughout the fourteenth century AD/eighth century H, waves of plague swept out of Central Asia and decimated populations from China to Iceland. So devastating was the Black Death across the Old World that some historians have compared its effects to those of a nuclear holocaust. As countries began to recover from the plague during the following century, sharp contrasts arose between the East, where societies slumped into long-term economic and social decline, and the West, where technological and social innovation set the stage for Europe's dominance into the twentieth century. Why were there such opposite outcomes from the same catastrophic event?\n\nIn contrast to previous studies that have looked to differences between Islam and Christiani.