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Health and the city : disease, environment and government in Norwich, 1200-1575 /
In 1559, William Cuningham MD published an image of a quintessentially healthy city. The source of his inspiration was Norwich, one of England's largest and wealthiest provincial boroughs. Though idealized, Cuningham's 'map' fairly represented the municipalities' attempts to...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Suffolk, UK :
York Medieval Press,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontcover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: A 'Healthfull and Pleasant' City; Part I: Health and Place in Texts and Images; 1. Air and Smell: Hygiene and Networks of Authority in anUrban Context; 2. An Epitome of Hygiene: William Cuningham's Prospect Plan; Part II: Health and the Landscape; 3. Placing Disease in the Urban Landscape:The Osteoarchaeological Evidence; 4. Placing Health in the Urban Landscape: The Gardens of Norwich; Part III: Governing the City and the Self; 5. Cleaning Up: Reforming the Urban Environment 1300-1570
- 6. Housing, Self-Management and Healing in the Tudor CityEpilogue; Appendix I: A note about pathogens and retrospectivediagnosis; Appendix II: A note about the population of Norwich,1100-1600; Appendix III: A note on the historiography andarchaeological record of Norwich; Appendix IV: Map of Norwich parishes; Bibliography; Index