{"product_id":"history-that-rattles-paperback","title":"History That Rattles - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbora Jirincova\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBefore modern science, survival was a long shot.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if the most gripping stories in European history weren't wars or kings-but the quiet, relentless struggle of ordinary people trying to stay alive?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory That Rattles tells the story of how Europeans lived, suffered, adapted, and survived from the Middle Ages to the dawn of modern medicine. It follows humanity at its most vulnerable, when climate turned hostile, disease spread without explanation, and the human body became a fragile experiment with no safety net.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen winters grew longer and harvests failed, fear shaped belief.\u003cbr\u003eWhen illness struck, medicine often hurt as much as it healed.\u003cbr\u003eWhen answers were missing, people filled the gaps with faith, tradition, and accusation-sometimes with devastating consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the forces that decided who lived and who didn't: climate, epidemics, early medical practices, economic pressure, and the ideas people clung to when survival depended on chance as much as knowledge. These stories don't glorify the past or reduce it to horror-they reveal how people made sense of a world that offered no guarantees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by historian Barbora Jirincová, History That Rattles combines solid research with vivid, human storytelling. It's for readers who want history that is precise without being dry, and unsettling without being sensational.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter this book, medieval Europe won't feel distant or abstract anymore-it will feel uncomfortably close.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 106\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 26, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67972569956659,"sku":"9798233952142","price":25.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/9a4ASpYJkX9798233952142.webp?v=1794430405","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/history-that-rattles-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}