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Auteur(s) : Henderson, John (1949-....)
Titre(s) : Florence under siege [Texte imprimé] : surviving plague in an early modern city / John Henderson
Publication : New Haven : Yale university press, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVIII-363 p.-[32] p. de pl.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 335-345
A vivid recreation of how the governors and governed of early seventeenth-century
Florence confronted, suffered, and survived a major epidemic of plague. Plague remains
the paradigm against which reactions to many epidemics are often judged. Here, John
Henderson examines how a major city fought, suffered, and survived the impact of plague.
Going beyond traditional oppositions between rich and poor, this book provides a nuanced
and more compassionate interpretation of government policies in practice, by recreating
the very human reactions and survival strategies of families and individuals. From
the evocation of the overcrowded conditions in isolation hospitals to the splendor
of religious processions, Henderson analyzes Florentine reactions within a wider European
context to assess the effect of state policies on the city, street, and family. Writing
in a vivid and approachable way, this book unearths the forgotten stories of doctors
and administrators struggling to cope with the sick and dying, and of those who were
left bereft and confused by the sudden loss of relatives
Sujet(s) : Peste -- Florence (Italie) -- 17e siècle
Politique sanitaire -- Florence (Italie) -- 17e siècle
Indice(s) Dewey :
614.573 2094509 (23e éd.) = Peste (incidence et mesures publiques de prévention) - Italie - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780300196344. - ISBN 0300196342 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46559203z
Notice n° :
FRBNF46559203
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 1 Plague and public health in Italy and Europe ; 2 The invasion of plague in early
modern Italy ; 3 Medicine, the environment and the poor ; 4 Treating the body of
the city and the body of the poor ; 5 The impact of plague and quarantine ; Part
II Religion, isolation and survival / 6 Religion in the time of plague ; 7 Lazaretti
and isolation: 'More feared than death itself'? ; 8 Surviving plague ; 9 Epilogue:
The return and end of plague, 1632-3.
