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Der Sammelband bündelt Aufsätze zur literarischen Darstellung von Krankheiten und Mengen. Die einzelnen Beiträge zielen auf das ästhetische (Erzähl-)Potenzial im Verhältnis dieser beiden Sujets zueinander. Sie nehmen dabei Fragen nach Phänomenen der Ansteckung, der Darstellung von Krankheiten, Versuchen der Ordnung von Menge zur Vermeidung von Krankheitsausbreitung oder dem Verhältnis zwischen Individuum und Menge im Zustand der Krankheit in den Blick. In komparatistischer Anlage durchläuft der Sammelband Stationen der Reflexion über Menge und Krankheit vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart.
Plague. --- Pandemics. --- Infection. --- Virus diseases.
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"The first English translation of the Islamic world's preeminent meditation on plagues and pandemics A Penguin Classic Six hundred years ago, the author of this landmark work of history and religious thought-an esteemed judge, poet, and scholar in Cairo-survived the bubonic plague, which took the lives of three of his children, not to mention tens of millions of others throughout the medieval world. Holding up an eerie mirror to our own time, he reflects on the origins of plagues-from those of the Prophet Muhammad's era to the Black Death of his own-and what it means that such catastrophes could have been willed by God, while also chronicling the fear, isolation, scapegoating, economic tumult, political failures, and crises of faith that he lived through. But in considering the meaning of suffering and mass death, he also offers a message of radical hope. Weaving together accounts of evil jinn, religious stories, medical manuals, death-count registers, poetry, and the author's personal anecdotes, Merits of the Plague is a profound reminder that with tragedy comes one of the noblest expressions of our humanity: the practice of compassion, patience, and care for those around us"
Plague --- Religious aspects --- Islam. --- History
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Il Trecento era stato segnato da difficoltà, culminate con la peste di metà secolo. Le epidemie endemiche avevano colpito un mondo già scosso da problemi strutturali, oltre a conflitti e carestie. Questi cambiamenti avevano determinato un profondo impatto sulla mentalità a cui anche la crociata, dopo la definitiva perdita della Terra Santa nel 1291, non aveva potuto sottrarsi. Come mutava il fascino per l'impresa d'oltremare in un mondo in trasformazione? Il cambiamento dell'ideale di crociata si può rintracciare nella fine della trattatistica sul recupero della Terra Santa, in una ricomparsa del tema escatologico, negli scritti di mistiche come Caterina da Siena e Brigida di Svezia. Nella seconda metà del XIV secolo la crociata sembra aver perso attrattiva anche dal punto di vista religioso, sostituita da vie alternative, che ne riprendevano i simboli e il linguaggio, per rispondere a un generalizzato bisogno penitenziale. La terminologia utilizzata nelle lettere papali permette di osservare il cambiamento dell'idea di crociata da passagium per la riconquista della Terra Santa a guerra difensiva contro i turchi, così come la percezione letteraria del fenomeno in autori come Petrarca, Philippe de Mézières, Geoffrey Chaucer o i novellieri italiani. I mutamenti della crociata non riguardavano solo l'ambito concettuale ma anche le prospettive con cui vi aderivano i nuovi protagonisti : Ospitalieri e mercenari, mercanti genovesi e veneziani, l'aristocrazia franco-borgognona, che concepiva l'impresa come un'avventura cavalleresca, in contrasto con le proteste e le rivolte degli strati popolari. La crociata dopo la peste non sarebbe stata più la stessa.
Croisades --- Plague --- Crusades --- Religious aspects --- Christianity
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Plague --- Hospitals, Medieval --- Medicine --- Medicine, Ancient --- Medicine, Medieval --- History
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Evidence that the Second Plague Pandemic was already ravaging China by the early thirteenth century - over a century before it made its virulent appearance in the Mediterranean.
Medicine, Medieval --- Black Death --- Epidemics --- Plague --- Medieval medicine --- Buboes. --- Han. --- Tang. --- Yuan. --- china. --- epidemic. --- geda. --- pandemic. --- plague. --- History
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"A wave of plague ravaged the cities of northern Italy in 1630-31, ravaging Christian and Jewish communities alike. In Writing Plague Susan L. Einbinder explores the Hebrew texts that lay witness to the event. These Jewish sources on the Great Italian Plague have never been treated together as a group, Einbinder observes, but they can contribute to a bigger picture of this major outbreak and how it affected people, institutions, and beliefs; how individuals and institutions responded; and how they did or did not try to remember and memorialize it"--
Hebrew literature --- Jewish literature --- Plague in literature. --- Plague --- Jews --- History and criticism. --- History --- Epidemiology --- Thematology --- anno 1600-1699 --- Italy: North
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From 1720 to 1722, the French region of Provence and surrounding areas experienced one of the last major epidemics of plague to strike Western Europe. The Plague of Provence was a major disaster that left in its wake as many as 126,000 deaths, as well as new understandings about the nature of contagion and the best ways to manage its threat. In this transnational study, Cindy Ermus focuses on the social, commercial, and diplomatic impact of the epidemic beyond French borders, examining reactions to this public health crisis from Italy to Great Britain to Spain and the overseas colonies. She reveals how a crisis in one part of the globe can transcend geographic boundaries and influence society, politics, and public health policy in regions far from the epicentre of disaster.
Plague --- Plague of Provence, France, 1720-1722. --- Epidemics --- Disasters --- History --- Social aspects --- Social aspects. --- Calamities --- Catastrophes --- Curiosities and wonders --- Accidents --- Hazardous geographic environments --- Epidemic of 1720, France, 1720-1722 --- Great Plague of Marseilles, France, 1720-1722 --- Plague of Marseilles, France, 1720-1722 --- Bubonic plague --- Yersinia infections --- Disease outbreaks --- Diseases --- Outbreaks of disease --- Pestilences --- Communicable diseases --- Outbreaks
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La peste de Marseille vint d'Orient en 1720, rapportée par le navire Grand-Saint-Antoine. Elle provoqua la disparition de la moitié de la population, causant près de 50 000 morts. Cet épisode traumatique est connu. Il a fait l'objet de nombreux récits factuels, et ce, dès 1720. Si beaucoup d'entre eux ont été publiés au XVIIIe siècle ou redécouverts au XIXe, certains documents originaux sont restés à l'état de manuscrits et d'accès difficile. C'est à deux d'entre eux, riches en descriptions de cette tragédie épidémique, que ce livre s'intéresse. Il s'agit du Journal de ce qui s'est passé dans la ville de Marseille et son terroir à l'occasion de la peste depuis le mois de mai 1720 jusques en 1723, du père Trinitaire Paul Giraud, et de la Relation de la peste arrivée à Marseille l'an 1720, du négociant Pierre-Honoré Roux. Transcrits et présentés par Frédéric Jacquin, ces deux textes racontent la vie terrible des Marseillais et leurs souffrances pendant plus de deux ans et demi d'une crise particulièrement violente. Relatant les drames humains et les scènes effrayantes de la mortalité de masse, ils évoquent toute une série de micro-récits et d'anecdotes qui rendent compte, de façon très vivante, des temps forts de l'épidémie dans une ville où la société se délite en perdant soudain tous ses repères. Ils racontent également la gestion de la crise sanitaire par les autorités et leur action pour rétablir l'ordre et assurer des secours à la population. Mais surtout, ils proposent un éclairage sur l'année 1722, qui est celle de la "rechute" et sur laquelle existent peu d'écrits. Leur lecture, au-delà des informations de la Grande Peste de Marseille, fournissent un regard très actuel sur la réalité d'une épidémie et les comportements humains en période de crise sanitaire. -- Quatrième de couverture
Plague --- Peste --- Crises sanitaires. --- Medical policy. --- Épidémies --- Epidemics --- History --- Aspect social. --- Social aspects.
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