Plague in the Early Modern World - A Documentary History

Plague in the Early Modern World presents a broad range of primary source materials from Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, China, India, and North America that explore the nature and impact of plague and disease in the early modern world.

List of contents

Introduction; Chapter 1: The bubonic plague: historical overview and scope; Chapter 2: Religious understanding of and response to plague; Chapter 3: Medical understanding of and responses to plague; Chapter 4: Political and policy responses to plague; Chapter 5: Social responses to plague: memory, society, and culture

About the author

Dean Phillip Bell is President/CEO and Professor of Jewish History at the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership in Chicago. His publications include Sacred Communities: Jewish and Christian Identities in Fifteenth-Century Germany, Jews in the Early Modern World, and Jewish Identity in Early Modern Germany: Memory, Power and Identity. He is also editor of The Routledge Companion to Jewish History and Historiography.

Summary

Plague in the Early Modern World presents a broad range of primary source materials from Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, China, India, and North America that explore the nature and impact of plague and disease in the early modern world.

Product details

• Authors: Dean Phillip Bell, Dean Phillip (Spertus Institute Bell
• Assisted by: Dean Phillip Bell (Editor), Bell Dean Phillip (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781138362482
• ISBN: 978-1-138-36248-2
• No. of pages: 286
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, History of Medicine, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Infectious & contagious diseases, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, Infectious and contagious diseases, C 1700 To C 1800