Plague and the Poor in Renaissance Florence

Originally published in 1986, this book uses Florentine death registers to show the changing character of plague from 1348 to the mid-fifteenth century.

List of contents

List of graphs, maps, and tables; Introduction; 1. Recurrent epidemic diseases: plague and the other plagues; 2. Florentine deaths in the first plague century; 3. Plague in Florence; 4. The social effects of plague in France; 5. Plague controls become social controls; Conclusion; Appendix 1. Limitations of the Books of the Dead and the means for estimating numbers of children; Appendix 2. Deaths by quarter in Florence (parts 1-6); Notes; Bibliographical essay; Index.

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Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Ann G. Carmichael, Carmichael Ann G.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.05.2014
• EAN: 9781107634367
• ISBN: 978-1-107-63436-7
• No. of pages: 198
• Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine; Cambridge Studies in the Histo; Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; European History, MEDICAL / History, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Italy, History of Medicine, CE period up to c 1500, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval