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Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth Century Tuscany First Edition

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Recreates the struggles within plague-stricken Italy, relating events that led to a confrontation between the advocates of science and the followers of faith.

By the late fall of 1630, the Black Plague had descended upon northern Italy. The prentice Magistry of Public Health, centered in Florence, took steps to contain and combat the scourge. In this essay, Carlo Cipolla recreates the daily struggle of plague-stricken Monte Lupo, a rustic Tuscan village, revealing in the vivid terms of actual events and personalities a central drama of Western civilization - the conflict between faith and reason, Church and state.
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    0393000451
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    978-0393000450
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    First Edition
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    W. W. Norton & Company
  5. Publication date
    June 17, 1981
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    4.9 x 0.4 x 7.4 inches
  8. Print length
    134 pages
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Carlo M. Cipolla was the author of Before the Industrial Revolution and a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He died in 2000.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company; First Edition (June 17, 1981)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 134 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393000451
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393000450
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.9 x 0.4 x 7.4 inches
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R. Albin
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Vignette
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2014
In this short book, Cipolla uses documentation about outbreak of bubonic plague in early 17th century Italy to explore some aspects of changing world-views in early modern Europe. To deal with endemic plague, several northern Italian states has relatively powerful and comprehensive public health authorities. Their major tool was different forms fo quarantine and this brought the state into conflict with religious authorities and popular movements who wished to use religious ceremonies to beseech God to halt the plague. The public health authorities, while lacking modern understanding of infection, were properly concerned that large public gatherings would increase deaths from plague. CIpolla follows one such conflict in a small Tuscan town to illustrate conflicts between religious and secular authorities, and between traditional and more empirical forms of knowledge. While not developed explicitly, this is also a case study of the extension of state authority.
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Tim Furgeson
4.0 out of 5 stars A funny thing happened on my way to the mass grave..
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2013
Arguably the most foreboding blotch on human history, the Plague is hardly a subject in which to expect humor, humanity, or community. That said, the impression I'm left with after reading this little fugue is a light, optimistic view of human nature.

A spin-off from another project, wherein minor connected vignettes surrounding a stream of preserved official communications allow us a peek into the realities, reactions, etc., of that trying time in an Italian hamlet. How many of us would risk horrible death and serious prosecution to serenade a girl in a neighboring town?
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Resouce for Plague Research
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2000
I recently read this book for a college history class, and it provided many interesting facts about the plague and the debate between science and religion. Still, it's not really my kind of book. If history is your profession or hobby, definitely check out this title. I found out a lot about the plague and its methods of treatment, so if you're looking to broaden your plague knowledge (and aren't we all?) try this one on for size!
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