Reddit mentions of A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

Looked at it on [Amazon] (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004R1Q296/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1), used the Look Inside feature, and according to the title page it's a detail from Death, One of the Four Riders of the Apocalypse by Pol de Limbourg, from Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (see [here] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%A8s_Riches_Heures_du_Duc_de_Berry)

So u/deynos74 was right about it being French, and pretty close with late C14th, actually very early C15th, 1412-16 is when it was painted.

A Distant Mirror

784 pages of 14th century Europe, non-fiction. Just started last night.

About 15 years before, actually!

Here's a great book about the time period.

I found Barbara Tuchman's 'A Distant Mirror' to be a very engaging book about the late middle ages. It was written in the 70s so I don't know if any of the research has been superseded since then.

If you're in the US, see http://www.amazon.com/Distant-Mirror-Calamitous-Century-ebook/dp/B004R1Q296/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1382314669&sr=1-1&keywords=a+distant+mirror