“Cristofano e la peste” (full title often Cristofano e la peste: Un medico toscano del Seicento ) is a microhistory by Carlo M. Cipolla, a renowned economic historian. It tells the true story of Cristofano, a 17th-century Tuscan physician dealing with the bubonic plague. The book explores how ordinary people, doctors, and authorities responded to the epidemic, blending social history, medicine, and human behavior.
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