One graphic testimony can be found at St Mary’s, Ashwell, Hertfordshire, where an anonymous hand carved a harrowing inscription for 1349: ‘Wretched, terrible, destructive year, the remnants of the people alone remain.’ By August it had reached England, where among the thousands dead was the King’s own daughter. By the spring of 1348 it was devastating the cities of central Italy, by June 1348 it had swept in to France and Spain, wiping out entire communities and leaving utter desolation in its wake. Pestis virus was brought to the continent aboard Genoese ships fleeing the plague-ridden Crimea, arriving in Sicily in October 1347. In just over a thousand days, from 1347 to 1351, the Black Death swept across medieval Europe killing almost a third of its population – 25 million people. ‘The bodies were sparsely covered that the dogs dragged them forth and devoured them… And believing it to be the end of the world, no one wept for the dead, for all expected to die.’ Agnolo di Turo, Sienna, 1348 You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.A compelling and harrowing history of the Black Death’s apocalyptic sweep through Europe in the mid-14th century, from its arrival in Sicily to its devastation of medieval Britain. Type of Resource Still image Identifiers NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17168602 Barcode: 33333159308077 Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8c2b1710-c52f-012f-eef0-58d385a7bc34 Rights Statement The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. The Massachusetts Indians are said to have been reduced from 30,000 to 300 fighting men.'-printed on image.

Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection Shelf locator: PC AME-162 Topics Massasoit, 1580-1661 Winslow, Edward, 1595-1655 United States - 1620-1629 Wampanoag Indians - New England - 1620-1629 Massachuset Indians - Massachusetts Grief Diseases Sick persons Genres Prints Notes Source note: Source information not available Physical Description Transfer lithographs Extent: Sheet 21 x 13 cm (8 x 5 in.) Description 'A few years before the arrival of the Plymouth settlers, a mortal sickness swept off great numbers. Winslow, attending on MassasoitĪmerican History - 1620s Dates / Origin Date Issued: 1850 - 1899 (Approximate) Library locations The Miriam and Ira D.

TitleGreat mortality among the Indians Mr.

The great mortality book