Plague, print, and the Reformation: the German reform of healing, 1473-1573

"This book surveys a neglected set of sources, German plague prints and treatises published between 1473 and 1573, in order to explore the intertwined histories of plague, print, medicine and religion during the Reformation era. It argues that a particularly German reform of healing flourished...

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Main Author: Heinrichs, Erik A. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
German
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Published: London New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2019
In:Year: 2019
Edition:First issued in paperback
Series/Journal:The history of medicine in context
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Germany / Plague / Print / Vernacular language / Art of healing (motif) / Medicine / Religion / Reformation / History 1473-1573
B Germany / Plague / Reformation / History 1473-1573
Further subjects:B Printing Social aspects Germany History
B Protestantism Social aspects (Germany) History
B Plague Treatment Germany History
B Medical literature Germany History and criticism
B Plague in literature
B Healing (Germany) History
B Medical literature (Germany) History and criticism
B Pamphlets Social aspects Germany History
B Reformation Germany
B Plague Treatment (Germany) History
B Pamphlets Social aspects (Germany) History
B Reformation (Germany)
B Healing in literature
B Plague Germany History
B Healing Germany History
B Plague (Germany) History
B Protestantism Social aspects Germany History
B Printing Social aspects (Germany) History
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Summary:"This book surveys a neglected set of sources, German plague prints and treatises published between 1473 and 1573, in order to explore the intertwined histories of plague, print, medicine and religion during the Reformation era. It argues that a particularly German reform of healing flourished in printed texts during the Renaissance and Reformation as physicians and clerics devised innovative responses to the era's persistent epidemics. These reforms are 'German' since they reflect the innovative trends that originated in or were particularly strong within German-speaking lands, including the rapid growth of vernacular print, Protestantism, and new interest in alchemy and the native plants of Northern Europe that were unknown to the ancients. Their reforms are also 'German' in the sense that they unfolded mainly in vernacular print, which encouraged physicians to produce local knowledge, grounded in personal experience and local observations as much as universal theories. This book contributes to the history of medicine and science by tracing the growth of more empirical forms of medical knowledge. It also contributes to the history of the Renaissance and Reformation by uncovering the innovative contributions of various forgotten physicians. This book presents the broadest study of German plague treatises in any language"--Provided by publisher
Printed plague literature in the late Middle Ages, 1473-1519 -- The German medicine of Johann Vochs : medical and cultural reform on the eve of the Reformation -- The Reformation of healing : plague, physicians and Protestantism in the 1520s -- The plague cures of Caspar Kegler : print, alchemy and medical marketing, 1521-1607 -- The flourishing of German medicine, 1530-1580 : humanism, empiricism, and Protestantism -- Appendix 1: Publication history of Caspar Kegler's pamphlets -- Appendix 2: Vernacular plague texts, 1473-1607, in chronological order
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0367881608