This book explores the identity of the 'French disease' (alias the 'French pox' or 'Morbus Gallicus') in the German Imperial city of Augsburg between 1495 and 1
A concise and accessible introduction to health and healing in Europe from 1500 to 1800.
The study of pre-modern anthropology requires the close examination of the relationship between nature and human society, which has been both precarious and thr
A Cultural History of Chemistry in the Early Modern Age covers the period from 1500 to 1700, tracing chemical debates and practices within their cultural, socia
The European World 1500-1800 provides a concise and authoritative textbook for the centuries between the Renaissance and the French Revolution. It presents earl
