Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth Century Tuscany
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Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth Century Tuscany by Carlo M Cipolla
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.CARLO M.CIPOLLA (1922-2000) was an Italian economist, Fulbright Fellow, and University of California, Berkeley professor. Cipolla received honorary degrees in Italy and Switzerland and was awarded the International Balzan Award for Economic History in 1995. The Fundamental Rules of Human Stupidity, his famous treatise, was initially published in 1988 and has since been translated into more than 10 languages. This is the first time it has been published in the United States after being written in English.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393000450 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393000451 |
| Title | Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth Century Tuscany |
| Author | Carlo M Cipolla |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Year published | 1981-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 134 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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