A vivid recreation of how the governors and governed of early seventeenth-century Florence confronted, suffered, and survived a major epidemic of plague Plague remains the paradigm against which reactions to many epidemics are often judged. Here, John Henderson examines how a ma…
A vivid recreation of how the governors and governed of early seventeenth-century Florence confronted, suffered, and survived a major epidemic of plague. Plague remains the paradigm against which reactions to many epidemics are often judged. Here, John Henderson examines how a m…
A vivid recreation of how the governors and governed of early seventeenth-century Florence confronted, suffered, and survived a major epidemic of plague Plague remains the paradigm against which reactions to many epidemics are often judged. Here, John Henderson examines how a ma…
Examining matters from the changing ideas of contagion in classical Chinese medical thought to attempts to eradicate SARS in 2003, the essays in this collection explore efforts to overcome disease and improve human health in Chinese regions of East Asia from the late 19th centur…
Geographies of Plague Pandemics synthesizes our current understanding of the spatial and temporal dynamics of plague, Yersinia pestis. The environmental, political, economic, and social impacts of the plague from Ancient Greece to the modern day are examined. Chapters explore th…
"Plague and the City uncovers discourses of plague and anti-plague measures in the city during the medieval and early modern periods, and explores the connection between plague and urban environments including attempts by professional bodies to prevent or limit the outbreak of e…
Plague, a devastating and recurring affliction throughout the Renaissance, had a major impact on European life. Not only was pestilence a biological problem, but it was also read as a symptom of spiritual degeneracy and it caused widespread social disorder. Assembling a picture …
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A variety of new perspectives and fresh insights into people and society in 15th-century England and France are gathered together in this book.
Die leidige Seuche: Pest-Fälle in der Frühen Neuzeit
Mit der Pest verbindet man meist den Schwarzen Tod des Spätmittelalters, die große Katastrophe von 1347 bis 1352. Aber noch bis zum Beginn des 18. Jahrhunderts mussten die Menschen in immer wiederkehrenden Wellen mit der leidigen Seuche der Pestilenz leben. Die Autoren dieses Ba…
Die leidige Seuche: Pest-Fälle in der frühen Neuzeit