Medieval & Early Modern
Epidemics of the Middle Ages
John Caius, Justus Hecker
1846
14h 58m
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A study of the great plagues that swept medieval Europe, including the Black Death and the strange dancing manias. Drawing on Justus Hecker and John Caius, it traces how epidemics reshaped society and belief. A fascinating look at disease and dread in the Middle Ages.
Inside this audiobook
36 chapters
- 1General Preface8m
- 2Hecker's Address to the Physicians of Germany20m
- 3The Black Death. Translator's Preface9m
- 4The Black Death. Preface4m
- 5The Black Death. Chapter I, General Observations4m
- 6The Black Death. Chapter II, The Disease22m
- 7The Black Death. Chapter III, Causes--Spread26m
- 8The Black Death. Chapter IV, Mortality25m
- 9The Black Death. Chapter V, Moral Effects43m
- 10The Black Death. Chapter VI, Physicians42m
- 11The Black Death. Appendix I, The Ancient Song of the Flagellants6m
- 12The Black Death. Appendix II, Examination of the Jews accused of poisoning the wells15m
- 13The Dancing Mania. Translator's Preface7m
- 14The Dancing Mania. Preface2m
- 15The Dancing Mania. Chapter I, Dancing Mania in Germany and the Netherlands46m
- 16The Dancing Mania. Chapter II, Dancing Mania in Italy53m
- 17The Dancing Mania. Chapter III, Dancing Mania in Abyssinia15m
- 18The Dancing Mania. Chapter IV, Sympathy35m
- 19The Dancing Mania. Appendix I, [LATIN] Extract from "Vita Gregorii XI," &c.5m
- 20The Dancing Mania. Appendix II, [LATIN] From "Chronicon Magnum," &c.5m
- 21The Dancing Mania. Appendix III, [GERMAN] From "Die Limburger Chronik," &c.3m
- 22The Dancing Mania. Appendix IV, [KÖLSCH] From "die Chronica van Coellen," &c.3m
- 23The Dancing Mania. Appendix V, From "an Account of Convulsive Diseases in Scotland," &c.35m
- 24The Dancing Mania. Appendix VI, Music for the Dance of the Tarantati, &c.4m
- 25The Sweating Sickness. Preface7m
- 26The Sweating Sickness. Chapter I, First Visitation. 148528m
- 27The Sweating Sickness. Chapter II, Second Visitation. 150635m
- 28The Sweating Sickness. Chapter III, Third Visitation. 151748m
- 29The Sweating Sickness. Chapter IV, Fourth Visitation. 1528, 1529 (part 1)44m
- 30The Sweating Sickness. Chapter IV, Fourth Visitation. 1528, 1529 (part 2)25m
- 31The Sweating Sickness. Chapter IV, Fourth Visitation. 1528, 1529 (part 3)34m
- 32The Sweating Sickness. Chapter IV, Fourth Visitation. 1528, 1529 (part 4)45m
- 33The Sweating Sickness. Chapter V. Fifth Visitation. 155138m
- 34The Sweating Sickness. Chapter VI. Sweating Sicknesses1h 2m
- 35The Sweating Sickness. Appendix. A Boke, or Counseill against the Disease commonly called the Sweate, or Sweatyng Sicknesse. By Jhon Caius46m
- 36The Sweating Sickness. Appendix (continued)49m
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