TY  - BOOK
AU  - Randal P. Garza
PY  - 2008
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
TI  - Understanding Plague
T2  - The Medical and Imaginative Texts of Medieval Spain
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1105675
N2  - The outbreak of the plague in 1347, commonly referred to as the Black Death, was the source of numerous socio-economic changes in the later Middle Ages. Numerous studies have traced the progress and effects of the disease in countries such as Germany, England, France, and Spain. Such a study concerning Spain has been conspicuously absent until now. The present investigation is among the first to bring together information that documents the pernicious behavior of the disease in Spain and to demonstrate how it changed the societies it afflicted. Studying the medical and imaginative texts of medieval Spain, reveals that the disease did, in fact, help change the perceived role of the medical practitioner, the idea of public health, and the portrayal of death and dying.
KW  - Spanisch, Pest (Motiv), Geschichte 1350-1400, Plague, Disease, Black Death, Literatur, Medieval Spain, Death, Dying
LA  - English
ER  -