Preface The Black Death The Black Death: the epidemic disaster that made history The Return of the Black Death and the Response Transmission of Lethal Doses of Bacteria in Bubonic Plague Medical and Clinical Features of Bubonic Plague Basic Aspects of the Epidemiology of Bubonic Plague Historical Presence and Role of Black Rats in the Black Death (and Later Plague Epidemics) Seasonality of Bubonic Plague Short History of plague before the Black Death The Original Outbreak and early Spread of the Black Death in the Lands of the Golden Horde Ships and Sailing Rates: The Importance of Ships in the Spread of the Black Death The Caucasus, Asia Minor, the Middle East and North Africa Mediterranean Europe: The Establishment of Epicentres of Spread of the Black Death in Greece, Italy and France The Balkan Countries and North-Eastern Italy: The Role of Venetian Galleys in the Spread of the Black Death on the Eastern Coast of the Adriatic Sea to Venice The Iberian Peninsula: The Spanish Kingdoms, the Kingdom of Portugal, and the Kingdom of Grenada Italy France Belgium Switzerland Britain Ireland Norway Denmark Sweden The Netherlands Austria Hungary Germany and the State of the Order of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia and the Baltic Countries) Bohemia Poland Russia Some Countries or Regions that Escaped the Black Death Patterns of Conquest, Dynamics of Spread The Black Death established a Plague Reservoir among Black Rats and the Realm of the Second Plague Pandemic The Medieval Demographic System Structures of Medieval Demography and the Demography of Historical Plague Studies Spain Italy France and the County of Savoy Belgium Germany England How many people died in the Black Death? The Inverse Correlation between Mortality rate and Population Density: Why the Black Death could kill around 60% of Europe's Population The Black Death: a Turning Point in History? Bibliography