Jillings An Urban History of The Plague

Socio-Economic, Political & Medical Impacts in a Scottish Community, 1500-1650
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-317-27471-1
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 242 Seiten

Reihe: Perspectives in Economic and Social History

As a medical, economic, spiritual and demographic crisis, plague affected practically every aspect of an early modern community whether on a local, regional or national scale. Its study therefore affords opportunities for the reassessment of many aspects of the pre-modern world.

This book examines the incidence and effects of plague in an early modern Scottish community by analysing bureaucratic, medical and social responses to epidemics in the north-east port of Aberdeen, focusing on the period 1500 to 1650. While Aberdeen’s experience of plague was in many ways similar to that of other towns throughout Europe, certain idiosyncrasies in the responses articulated within the city make it a particularly interesting case study, which challenges several assumptions about early modern mentalities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jillings, Karen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1: Responses to Plague in Scotland 2. Plague in Aberdeen before 1550 3. Plague in Aberdeen after 1550 4. Aberdeen’s Final Plague: the outbreak of 1647-48 Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Karen Jillings is Senior Lecturer in History at Massey University, New Zealand, where she has taught since 2004.