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.
| ISBN: | 9780393000450 |
| Publication date: | 29th May 2024 |
| Author: | Carlo M Cipolla |
| Publisher: | W.W. Norton and Company an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 113 pages |
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.
Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth-Century Tuscany is available in Paperback
Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth-Century Tuscany was written by Carlo M Cipolla and published by W.W. Norton and Company an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company
Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth-Century Tuscany has 113 pages
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