Plague, Print, and the Reformation: The German Reform of Healing, 1473-1573

ISBN-13: 9780367881603 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 260 str.

Erik A. Heinrichs

Opis

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 Reformat

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

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