{"product_id":"9783031469244","title":"Understanding and Responding to the French Pox in Frankfurt am Main and Nuremberg, 1495–1700 Contagion, Practicality, and Morality","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePalgrave Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Medicine\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eUnderstanding and Responding to the French Pox in Frankfurt am Main and Nuremberg, 1495–1700\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eContagion, Practicality, and Morality\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMonica Catherine O'Brien\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Europe \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book traces how city councils, medical practitioners, and urban society developed their understandings of and responses to the ‘French pox,’ a pandemic that swept through Europe during the winter of 1494–1495, and is now more commonly known as syphilis. Focusing on the disease in Frankfurt am Main and Nuremberg, two major cities in early modern Germany (1495– 1700), and using a range of primary sources, including government records, medical publications, and writings of the sick, the author argues that the city councils’ responses to the disease, the orders that they issued to control its spread, and their provision of poor relief, were driven by three key factors: contagion; practicality (considerations on fnances and resources); and morality. Their understandings of these elements led to a response that prioritised the provision of aid to support the sick as a way to control the disease, protect the economy and population, and satisfy moral beliefs. Moreover, the book demonstrates the signifcant and enduring infuence of non-sexual contagion theories – the belief that the French pox spread through mechanisms like shared clothing, cutlery, and money – in law, medical thinking, and the self-portrayals of the sick. Providing an important contribution to our understanding of early modern contagion theories and their role in municipal authorities’ responses to disease, this timely book will provide new insights for early modern historians researching the social history of medicine and welfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMonica Catherine O’Brien \u003c\/strong\u003eis an Effective Learning Adviser at the University of Glasgow, UK, where she studied for her PhD in History. Her research explores the medical, social, and emotional histories of epidemic disease and illness in late medieval and early modern Europe. Previously, Monica was a postdoctoral fellow at the Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, where her research focused on religious emotions and responses to syphilis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783031469244\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e296\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44352258474124,"sku":"9783031469244","price":143.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031469244.jpg?v=1781060878","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783031469244","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}