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Format: xviii, 363 Seiten, 32 ungezählte Seiten Abbildungen : , Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten, Pläne.

ISBN: 978-0-300-19634-4

Language: English

Subjects: History

Keywords: Pest

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

Author information: Henderson, John, 1949-,

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (352 p.) , 50 b-w illus., 4 maps & 13 figs

ISBN: 9780300249286

Content: 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 major city fought, suffered, and survived the impact of plague. Going beyond traditional oppositions between rich and poor, this book provides a nuanced and more compassionate interpretation of government policies in practice, by recreating the very human reactions and survival strategies of families and individuals. From the evocation of the overcrowded conditions in isolation hospitals to the splendor of religious processions, Henderson analyzes Florentine reactions within a wider European context to assess the effect of state policies on the city, street, and family. Writing in a vivid and approachable way, this book unearths the forgotten stories of doctors and administrators struggling to cope with the sick and dying, and of those who were left bereft and confused by the sudden loss of relatives

Note: In English

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780300196344

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als print ISBN 9780300196344

Language: English

DOI: 10.12987/9780300249286

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Format: 1 online resource (xviii, 363 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : , illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white).

ISBN: 9780300249286 (ebook) :

Series Statement: Yale scholarship online

Content: The plague remains the paradigm against which reactions to many epidemics are often judged. Here, John Henderson examines how Florence fought, suffered, and survived the impact of plague. Going beyond traditional oppositions between rich and poor, this book provides a nuanced and more compassionate interpretation of government policies in practice, by recreating the very human reactions and survival strategies of families and individuals. From the evocation of the overcrowded conditions in isolation hospitals to the splendor of religious processions, Henderson analyses Florentine reactions within a wider European context to assess the effect of state policies on the city, street, and family. He unearths the forgotten stories of doctors and administrators struggling to cope with the sick and dying, and of those who were left bereft and confused by the sudden loss of relatives.

Note: Previously issued in print: 2019.

Additional Edition: Print version : ISBN 9780300196344

Language: English

URL: Yale scholarship online

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Format: 1 online resource (415 pages)

ISBN: 0-300-24928-4

Series Statement: Yale scholarship online

Content: 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 major city fought, suffered, and survived the impact of plague. Going beyond traditional oppositions between rich and poor, this book provides a nuanced and more compassionate interpretation of government policies in practice, by recreating the very human reactions and survival strategies of families and individuals. From the evocation of the overcrowded conditions in isolation hospitals to the splendor of religious processions, Henderson analyzes Florentine reactions within a wider European context to assess the effect of state policies on the city, street, and family. Writing in a vivid and approachable way, this book unearths the forgotten stories of doctors and administrators struggling to cope with the sick and dying, and of those who were left bereft and confused by the sudden loss of relatives.

Note: Previously issued in print: 2019. , Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , PLATES, MAPS, FIGURES AND TABLES -- , ABBREVIATIONS, CURRENCY, WEIGHTS AND MEASURES -- , ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- , 1. Plague and Public Health in Italy and Europe -- , 2. The Invasion of Plague in Early Modern Italy -- , 3. Medicine, the Environment and the Poor -- , 4. Treating the Body of the City and the Body of the Poor -- , 5. The Impact of Plague and Quarantine -- , 6. Religion in the Time of Plague -- , 7. Lazaretti and Isolation: 'More feared than death itself'? -- , 8. Surviving Plague -- , 9. Epilogue: The Return and End of Plague, 1632-3 -- , NOTES -- , BIBLIOGRAPHY -- , INDEX , In English.

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-300-19634-2

Language: English

Keywords: History. ; History.

DOI: 10.12987/9780300249286