Description: This collection highlights and nuances some of the recent critical advances in scholarship on death and disease, across and beyond the pre-modern Mediterranean world, Christian, Islamic and Jewish healing traditions.
Brief description: Lori Jones is a medical historian at Carleton University and the University of Ottawa, Canada. Her research focuses primarily on plague texts and images.
Review Quotes: This work presents a number of qualities. First, the structure of the book lends itself to classroom assignments. Second, the work examines culturally diverse civilizations. Moreover, the book does not limit itself to just the plague. Finally, the themes discussed are varied, providing diverse
perspectives.-- "STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE TEACHING (SMART)"