The humours—blood, phlegm, black bile, and choler—were substances thought to circulate
within the body and determine a person's health, mood, and character. For example, an …

Often described as “masks” face-worn devices are employed as personal protection
equipment by health workers and the general public and considered to be an indispensable …

This book develops an examination and critique of human extinction as a result of the 'next
pandemic'and turns attention towards the role of pandemic catastrophe in the renegotiation …

This article examines the significance of the masks worn by the protestors in Hong Kong's
2019 political movement. The mask represents a collective political identity, but the act of …

The premise of this volume is that the ubiquity of lactation imagery in early modern visual
culture and the discourse on breastfeeding in humanist, religious, medical, and literary …

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent
chapters of this book. The book begins with the middle ages when urban centres were …

A common assumption in scholarship on the plague is that early moderns failed to
appreciate any etiological relationship between rats and disease. This assumption is …

THE POPULARITY OF SEBASTIAN'S IMAGERY since the Middle Ages can be largely
attributed to the once widespread belief that he offered protection from epidemic diseases; …

How portraits of artists during the Renaissance helped create the first art stars in modern
history Michelangelo was one of the biggest international art stars of his time, but being …

Following the plague of 1630, which struck Northern Italy particularly hard, the erosion of
social norms and hierarchies led to an outbreak of homicidal violence in the city and …