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The Black Death Triggered By Volcanic Eruption presents a compelling reconstruction of the forces that brought medieval Europe to its knees. Based on interdisciplinary research and climatological evidence, the narrative argues that a major volcanic event triggered a cascading climate collapse, undermining harvests across the Mediterranean and plunging large populations into famine. As Italian city-states and other urban centers turned to the grain shipments of the Black Sea to sustain their populations, maritime commerce became the unintended corridor for the bacterium behind the Black Death. This book synthesises paleoclimatic data, medieval trade logistics, epidemiological theory, and genomic insights to illustrate how climate shock, supply-chain dependencies, and disease vectors converged in a moment of catastrophic transformation. It traces how societal structures buckled: labour markets collapsed, regional social hierarchies shifted, and urban resilience crumbled under the dual weight of starvation and plague. Drawing attention to famine-driven vulnerability and systemic fragility, the work offers readers a powerful reinterpretation of one of history's deadliest pandemics. Scholars of medieval history, students of historic epidemics, and informed general readers seeking a rigorous but accessible account will find in this volume a meticulous and persuasive case that the Black Death was a product not only of biological contagion, but of environmental upheaval, human commerce, and the unintended consequences of survival strategies.

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