1st Edition
Plague, Print, and the Reformation The German Reform of Healing, 1473�1573
By Erik A. Heinrichs
Copyright 2018
260 Pages
by
Routledge
260 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
260 Pages
12 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book surveys a neglected set of sources, German plague prints and treatises published between 1473 and 1573, in order to explore the intertwined histories of plague, print, medicine and religion during the Reformation era. It argues that a particularly German reform of healing flourished in printed texts during the Renaissance and Reformation as physicians and clerics devised innovative... Read more
Introduction 1. Printed Plague Literature in the Late Middle Ages, 1473-1519 2. The German Medicine of Johann Vochs: Medical and Cultural Reform on the Eve of the Reformation 3. The Reformation of Healing: Plague, Physicians and Protestantism in the 1520s 4. The Plague Cures of Caspar Kegler: Print, Alchemy and Medical Marketing, 1521-1607 5. The Flourishing of German Medicine, 1530-1580: Humanism, Empiricism, and Protestantism. Conclusion. Appendix 1: Publication History of Caspar Kegler’s Pamphlets. Appendix 2: Vernacular Plague Texts 1473-1607 in Chronological Order.
Biography
Erik A. Heinrichs is an associate professor of history at Winona State University.
