The Fifteenth Century XII :Society in an Age of Plague - The Fifteenth Century

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The Fifteenth Century XII

The Fifteenth Century XII :Society in an Age of Plague - The Fifteenth Century

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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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Type Book
ISBN13 9781843838753
ISBN10 1843838753
Number Of Pages 241
Item Weight 445 g
Publisher / Reseller Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format hardback
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A thought-provoking collection of articles. * ARCHIVES *
Interesting and important. * THE RICARDIAN *
These essays offer an interesting glimpse of how the century after the Black Death continued to acknowledge, respond to, plan for and generally live with this waxing and waning threat. * SOCIAL HISTORY OF MEDICINE *
Aid[s] our understanding of [plague] and its human responses and will be a welcome addition to any medical history library. * VESALIUS *
[O]ffers a good overview to the types of social and institutional challenges that medieval Europeans faced with regular outbreaks of plague and other disease. . . . Those teaching advanced-level courses on the Black Death, medical history, or medieval public health will find the volume useful for themselves as well as their students. * SPECULUM *

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Author's Bio

LINDA CLARK is Editor Emeritus at the History of Parliament. NEIL MURPHY is Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History at Northumbria University. Sheila Sweetinburgh is a Principal Research Fellow in the Centre for Kent History and Heritage at Canterbury Christ Church University and editor of Early Medieval Kent, 800-1220 (Boydell, 2016) and Later Medieval Kent, 1220-1540 (Boydell, 2018).

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