title: Contesting the Cause and Severity of the Black Death: A Review Essay*
abstract: The essay is a book review of Ole J. Benedictow's "The Black Death, 1346-1353: The Complete History". It discusses the history, demography, and epidemiology of the Black Death, an epidemic that struck fourteenth-century Europe with a severity that has not be equaled by any other epidemic in recorded history, before or since.
journal: IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis)