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The Fifteenth Century XII: Society in an Age of Plague

The Fifteenth Century XII: Society in an Age of Plague

Clark, Linda
Rawcliffe, Carole
Rawcliffe, Carole

Hardcover

Series: Fifteenth Century, Book 12

Medical ReferenceMedieval & Renaissance History

ISBN10: 1843838753
ISBN13: 9781843838753
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: Aug 15 2013
Pages: 242
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
Essays address plague and disease in the fifteenth century, as manifested throughout Europe.

Described as a golden age of pathogens, the long fifteenth century was notable for a series of international, national and regional epidemics that had a profound effect upon the fabric of society. The impact of pestilence upon the literary, religious, social and political life of men, women and children throughout Europe and beyond continues to excite lively debate among historians, as the ten papers presented in this volume confirm. They deal with theresponse of urban communities in England, France and Italy to matters of public health, governance and welfare, as well as addressing the reactions of the medical profession to successive outbreaks of disease, and of individuals to the omnipresence of death, while two, very different, essays examine the important, if sometimes controversial, contribution now being made by microbiologists to our understanding of the Black Death.

Contributors: J.L. Bolton, Elma Brenner, Samuel Cohn, John Henderson, Neil Murphy, Elizabeth Rutledge, Samantha Sagui, Karen Smyth, Jane Stevens Crawshaw, Sheila Sweetinburgh.

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