Book ID: CBB865594602

Life in a Time of Pestilence: The Great Castilian Plague of 1596–1601 (2019)

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MacKay, Ruth (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2019
Physical Details: 288
Language: English

From the Middle Ages onwards, deadly epidemics swept through portions of Spain repeatedly, but the Castilian Plague at the end of the sixteenth century was especially terrible. In late 1596, a ship carrying the plague docked in Santander, and over the next five years the disease killed some 500,000 people in Castile, around 10 percent of the population. Plague is traditionally understood to have triggered chaos and madness. By contrast, Ruth Mackay focuses on the sites of everyday life, exploring how beliefs, practices, laws, and relationships endured even under the onslaught of disease. She takes an original and holistic approach to understanding the impact of plague, and explores how the epidemic was understood and managed by everyday people. Offering a fresh perspective on the social, political, and economic history of Spain, this original and engaging book demonstrates how, even in the midst of chaos, life carried on.

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Authors & Contributors
Cohn, Samuel K., Jr.
Alberto Luongo
Cilli, Elisabetta
Alibrandi, Rosamaria
Geddes da Filicaia, Marco
Traversari, Mirko
Concepts
Epidemics
Public health
Plague
Medicine and society
Disease and diseases
Medicine
Time Periods
17th century
Early modern
Medieval
16th century
19th century
18th century
Places
Italy
Europe
Sicily
Spain
Ottoman Empire
England
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