1st Edition
An Urban History of The Plague Socio-Economic, Political and Medical Impacts in a Scottish Community, 1500–1650
By Karen Jillings
Copyright 2018
242 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
242 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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 civic,... Read more
Chapter 1 Setting the scene: Aberdeen and the north-east, Chapter 2 Responses to plague in Scotland, Chapter 3 Plague in Aberdeen before 1550, Chapter 4 Plague in Aberdeen after 1550, Chapter 5 Aberdeen’s final plague: the outbreak of 1647–48, Chapter 6 Conclusion
Biography
Karen Jillings is Senior Lecturer in History at Massey University, New Zealand, where she has taught since 2004. She has published on aspects of medicine and society in pre-modern Scotland.
