The Plague Files: Crisis Management in Sixteenth-Century Seville
In the first half of the 1580s, Seville, Spain, confronted a series of potentially devastating crises: a brush with deadly contagion; the billeting of troops in preparation for Philip IIs invasion of Portugal; crop failure and famine; an aborted uprising of the Moriscos (Christian converts from Islam); bankruptcy of the municipal government; the threat of pollution and contaminated water; and the disruption of commerce with the Indies. The Plague Files reconstructs daily life during this period in sixteenth-century Seville, exposing the difficult lives of ordinary citizens and shedding light on the municipal officials struggles to find soluti…
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Weitere Autoren: Cook, Noble David
- ISBN: 978-0-8071-3404-7
- EAN: 9780807134047
- Produktnummer: 4416331
- Verlag: Louisiana St Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 296 S.
- Masse: H23.1 cm x B16.0 cm x D2.8 cm 612 g
- Gewicht: 612
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