After the Black Death, Second Edition: A Social History of Early Modern EuropePraise for the first edition: To give a sense of immediacy and vividness to the long period in such a short space is a major achievement. History Huppert's book is a little masterpiece every teacher should welcome. Renaissance Quarterly A work of genuine social history, After the Black Death leads the reader into the real villages and cities of European society. For this second edition, George Huppert has added a new chapter on the incessant warfare