Cultures of Plague

Cultures of Plague
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 357
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ISBN-10 : 9780199574025
ISBN-13 : 0199574022
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Book Synopsis Cultures of Plague by : Samuel Kline Cohn

Download or read book Cultures of Plague written by Samuel Kline Cohn and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title highlights the impact that the plague epidemic in Italy between 1575 and 1578 had on the medical writers and practitioners of the time. He asserts that these writers anticipated modern epidemiology and created the structure for plague classics of the next century.


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"A dramatic and highly interesting story--one that brings to life the complexities of plague and of piety."--Natalie Zemon Davis, Princeton University