Length5h 59m
About this audiobook
The Black Death takes readers into one of the most dramatic and transformative periods in European history. This compelling volume explores how famine, climate change, plague, war, religious turmoil, social unrest, and economic upheaval combined to reshape medieval civilization forever.
Beginning with a Europe already strained by environmental challenges and food shortages, the book follows the devastating arrival of the Black Death, the deadliest pandemic in European history. Readers will witness the spread of the plague across cities and villages, the collapse of traditional social structures, the desperate search for explanations, and the profound psychological impact of living in a world where death seemed omnipresent.
Beyond the pandemic itself, the book examines the far-reaching consequences of demographic catastrophe: labor shortages, rising wages, peasant revolts, economic transformation, and the weakening of long-established feudal relationships. It also explores the crisis within the Catholic Church, the Avignon Papacy, and the Great Western Schism, revealing how spiritual authority was challenged during an age of unprecedented uncertainty.
This ninth volume shows how the disasters of the fourteenth century did more than devastate Europe—they created a new Europe. From empty villages and changing economies to political rebellion and religious reform, the legacy of the age would shape the continent for centuries to come.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length5 hrs 59 mins
Narrated bySantiago Machain
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJun 7, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
11-intro
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2C1
9C8
3C2
10C9
4C3
11C10
5C4
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13C12
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14The-End
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