Plague and the Poor in Renaissance Florence (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine)

Carmichael, Ann G.

ISBN 10: 1107634369 / ISBN 13: 9781107634367

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Plague and the Poor in Renaissance Florence (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107634369
• ISBN 13: 9781107634367
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: acceptable

About this title

Synopsis

Originally published in 1986, this book uses Florentine death registers to show the changing character of plague from the first outbreak of the Black Death in 1348 to the mid-fifteenth century. Through an innovative study of this evidence, Professor Carmichael develops two related strands of analysis. First, she discusses the extent to which true plague epidemics may have occurred, by considering what other infectious diseases contributed significantly to outbreaks of 'pestilence'. She finds that there were many differences between the fourteenth- and fifteenth-century epidemics. She then shows how the differences in the plague reshaped the attitudes of Italian city-dwellers toward plague in the fifteenth century. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of the plague, Renaissance Italy and the history of medicine.

Book Description

Originally published in 1986, this book uses Florentine death registers to show the changing character of plague from the first outbreak of the Black Death in 1348 to the mid-fifteenth century. Through an innovative study of this evidence, Professor Carmichael finds that there were many differences between the fourteenth- and fifteenth-century epidemics.