A Journal of the Plague Year: The Diary of the Barcelona Tanner Miquel Parets, 1651
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Rumors that plague had entered Barcelona's poorest quarter started circulating shortly after the New Year of 1651, but local officials hesitated to impose a full quarantine on the city. Within months the number of sick in the pesthouse had swelled to 4,000, and thousands more had fled the city. By the time the plague abated in September, at least 15,000 Barcelonans had died. This book is a translation of the 1651 journal of Miquel Parets, a Barcelona...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0195064550
ISBN13:9780195064551
Release Date:January 1991
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"
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