Description: Through a comparative analysis of medical texts produced in England and France, Lori Jones reveals changing perceptions across four centuries. Using plague tracts to explore how medical and wider social understandings of the plague evolved, this innovative study considers the array of factors that influence how people think about epidemic disease.
Brief description: Lori Jones is a historian of medieval and early modern medicine at Carleton University and the University of Ottawa.
Review Quotes: "Patterns of Plague is an innovative, well-crafted and important study in intellectual, cultural, and medical history. Jones's writing is sophisticated and her interpretations original and well-substantiated." Mary Lindemann, University of Miami