Piety and plague: from Byzantium to the Baroque

The literature of plague and the anxieties of piety in sixth-century Byzantium / Anthony Kaldellis -- Mice, arrows, and tumors : medieval plague iconography north of the Alps / Pamela Berger -- Visualizing death : medieval plagues and the macabre / Elina Gertsman -- The making of a plague saint : Sa...

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Contributors: Mormando, Franco (Editor) ; Worcester, Thomas (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Kirksville, Mo. Truman State Univ. Press c 2007
In: Sixteenth century essays & studies (78)
Year: 2007
Reviews:[Rezension von: Mormando, Franco, Piety and Plague: From Byzantium to the Baroque] (2009) (Petkov, Kiril)
Series/Journal:Sixteenth century essays & studies 78
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Plague / Popular piety / History 500-1700
B Epidemic / Cultural anthropology / History 500-1700
Further subjects:B Socioeconomic Factors Europe
B Plague History 16th century Europe
B Religion and Medicine Europe
B Plague (Europe) History 16th century
B Plague history (Europe)
B Religion and Medicine (Europe)
B Plague history Europe
B History, Medieval Europe
B Plague Religious aspects History Europe
B History, Medieval (Europe)
B Conference program 2005 (Worcester, Mass)
B Plague Religious aspects History
B Plague psychology Europe
B Plague psychology (Europe)
B Piety History
B Socioeconomic Factors (Europe)
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Summary:The literature of plague and the anxieties of piety in sixth-century Byzantium / Anthony Kaldellis -- Mice, arrows, and tumors : medieval plague iconography north of the Alps / Pamela Berger -- Visualizing death : medieval plagues and the macabre / Elina Gertsman -- The making of a plague saint : Saint Sebastian's imagery and cult before the Counter-Reformation / Sheila Barker -- Protestants and plague : the case of the 1562-63 pest in Nuremberg / Ronald K. Rittgers -- The Canker Friar : piety and intrigue in an era of new diseases / William Eamon -- Poussin's Plague at Ashdod (Rome, 1630-31) : a work of art in multiple contexts / Elisabeth Hipp -- Plague as spiritual medicine and medicine as spiritual metaphor : three treatises by Etienne Binet, S.J. (1569-1639) / Thomas Worcester -- Pestilence, apostasy, and heresy in seventeenth-century Rome : deciphering Michael Sweerts' Plague in an ancient city / Franco Mormando
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1931112738