Piety and Plague : From Byzantium to the Baroque (Sixteenth Century Essays & Studies)

Epidemics of acute disease are now recognized as one of the most important influences shaping European history, but most studies of it have focused on political, economic, demographic, and medical aspects. Here scholars of the classics, art history, history, church history, literature, and theology explore the religious, cultural, and psychological aspects of plague and society's responses to it. Annotation 2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)