A Journal of the Plague Year: The Diary of the Barcelona Tanner Miquel Parets, 1651

by James S. S. Amelang and Miquel Parets

Rumors that plague had entered Barcelona's poorest quarter started circulating shortly after the New Year of 1651, but local officials hesitated to impose a full quarantine on the city. Within months the number of sick in the pesthouse had swelled to 4,000, and thousands more had fled the city. By the time the plague abated in September, at least 15,000 Barcelonans had died. This book is a translation of the 1651 journal of Miquel Parets, a Barcelona...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195064550
• ISBN13: 9780195064551
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"