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The Plague Files : Crisis Management in Sixteenth-Century Seville /

In the first half of the 1580s, Seville, Spain, confronted a series of potentially devastating crises. In three years, the city faced a brush with deadly contagion, including the plague; the billeting of troops in preparation for Philip II's invasion of Portugal; crop failure and famine followi...

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Autor principal: Cook, Alexandra Parma
Otros Autores: Cook, Noble David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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505 0 |a Introduction -- Plague in Lisbon -- Caring for sick soldiers -- Averting a Morisco Crisis -- Sickness in the jail -- This sickness of Catarrh -- Sanitation in the city -- Tussle with the Inquisition -- Signs of contagious disease -- Caring for the poor and needy -- Flee fast, far, and for a long time -- Much money being spent -- Almost a miracle -- Accusations of mismanagement -- Settling accounts -- A gift to the city -- Bulls and jousting -- Damages and losses -- A particular commission -- Some recover, the rest die -- Enter and trade -- Looking death in the eye -- Jumping over the wall -- Evil men -- Denying the Plague -- Circumventing the cordon sanitaire -- Death of Dr. Centurio -- Swelling in the right thigh -- Fleeing disease -- Posting guard -- Covered with blackish spots -- Grave consequences -- Trade is impeded -- A pesthouse for the poor -- Conflict with town officials -- Epilogue: Gentleman of Prudence. 
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