Book ID: CBB618361645

Disease and Society in Premodern England (2022)

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Theilmann, John (Author)


Routledge


Publication Date: 2022
Physical Details: 332
Language: English

Disease and Society in Premodern England examines the impact of infectious disease in England from the everyday to pandemics in the period c. 500–c. 1600, with the major focus from the eleventh century onward. Theilmann blends historical research, using a variety of primary sources, with an understanding of disease drawn from current scientific literature to enable a better understanding of how diseases affected society and why they were so difficult to combat in the premodern world. The volume provides a perspective on how society and medicine reacted to "new" diseases, something that remains an issue in the twenty-first century. The "new" diseases of the Late Middle Ages, such as plague, syphilis, and the English Sweat, are viewed as helping to lead to a change in how people viewed disease causation and treatment. In addition to the biology of disease and its relationship with environmental factors, the social, economic, political, religious, and artistic impacts of various diseases are also explored. With discussions on a variety of diseases including leprosy, tuberculosis, malaria, measles, typhus, influenza, and smallpox, this volume is an essential resource for all students and scholars interested in the history of medicine and disease in premodern England.

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Authors & Contributors
Keene, Danya
Adria L. Imada
Geddes da Filicaia, Marco
M. Kemal Temel
Silvano, Giovanni
Maddie Bender
Concepts
Medicine and society
Public health
Infectious diseases
Prevention and control of disease
Disease and diseases
Medicine, general histories
Time Periods
Early modern
Medieval
20th century
21st century
Modern
19th century
Places
Europe
England
Istanbul (Turkey)
Hawaii (U.S.)
Québec (Canada)
United States
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