Contagion and Blame in Early Modern England: The Case of the French Pox

During the first century of its epidemic spread through Europe, the venereal disease called Morbus Gallicus or the French pox occasioned a major shift in the cultural interpretation of contagion. This change can be traced in medical and literary texts dating from roughly 1530 to 1630.

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Published inLiterature and medicine Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 1 - 24
Main Authors Qualtiere, Louis F, Slights, William W. E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Johns Hopkins University Press 2003
Subjects
Disease Outbreaks - history
Drama - history
England
Epidemics
French language
Health care industry
History
History, 16th Century
History, 17th Century
Humans
Language history
Literature
Literature, Modern - history
Medicine in Literature
Syphilis - epidemiology
Syphilis - history
England
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Summary:During the first century of its epidemic spread through Europe, the venereal disease called Morbus Gallicus or the French pox occasioned a major shift in the cultural interpretation of contagion. This change can be traced in medical and literary texts dating from roughly 1530 to 1630.
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ISSN:0278-9671
1080-6571
1080-6571
DOI:10.1353/lm.2003.0009