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Urban Bodies - Communal Health in Late Medieval English Towns and Cities

The idea of English medieval towns and cities as filthy, muddy and insanitary is here overturned in a pioneering new study.
Print Book, English, 2019
Boydell & Brewer, Limited, 2019
445 pages
9781783273812, 178327381X
1121393294
IntroductionLess Mud-Slinging and More FactsUrban Bodies and Urban SoulsEnvironmental HealthWaterFood and DrinkSickness and DebilityConclusionAppendix: National and Urban Epidemics 1257-1530Bibliography