Expelling the Plague: The Health Office and the Implementation of Quarantine in Dubrovnik, 1377-1533 9780773597112
A ground-breaking study about plague control measures in medieval and early modern Croatia. A ground-breaking study ab
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Table of contents :
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Figures and Tables
A Note on Names
A Note on the Pronunciation of Croatian Names
A Note on Money, Weights, Measures, and Prices
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 History of Dubrovnik
2 The Plague Phenomenon and Plague Epidemics in Dubrovnik
3 Health Culture: Pharmacies, Hospitals, Physicians, and Surgeons
4 Founding and Development of the Health Office, 1390–1482
5 Control of Arrivals in Dubrovnik, 1500–1530
6 The Disastrous Plague Epidemic of 1526–27
7 Plague Survivors as Plague Workers
8 The Health Officials and the Patricians
9 Concealing Symptoms of Plague, Importing Suspicious Goods, and Other Offences
Conclusion
Appendices
Appendix A: The State Archives of Dubrovnik
Appendix B: Diversis on the Import and Export Trade in Dubrovnik
Appendix C: The Testament of Angelo de Leticia
Notes
References
Index
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