| Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth Century Tuscany Contributor(s): Cipolla, Carlo M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393000451 ISBN-13: 9780393000450 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $17.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1981 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Italy |
| Dewey: 614.573 |
| LCCN: 00000000 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5" W x 8" (0.35 lbs) 134 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: By the late fall of 1630, the Black Plague had descended upon northern Italy. The prentice Magistry of Public Health, centered in Florence, took steps to contain and combat the scourge. In this essay, Carlo Cipolla recreates the daily struggle of plague-stricken Monte Lupo, a rustic Tuscan village, revealing in the vivid terms of actual events and personalities a central drama of Western civilization - the conflict between faith and reason, Church and state. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cipolla, Carlo M.: - Carlo M. Cipolla was the author of Before the Industrial Revolution and a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He died in 2000. |