Erik A Heinrichs

Plague, Print, and the Reformation

The German Reform of Healing, 1473-1573

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Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates German plague prints and treatises published between 1473 and 1573 in order to explore the intertwined histories of plague, print, medicine, and the Reformation. It presents the broadest study of German plague treatises in any language, and traces a German reform of healing that unfolded during the Renaissance and Reformation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 164mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 542g
• ISBN-13: 9781472473141
• ISBN-10: 1472473140
• Artikelnr.: 49920370

Autorenporträt

Erik A. Heinrichs is an associate professor of history at Winona State University.

Inhaltsangabe

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.