A very old problem, e.g., in 16th century England: "Early modern medicine favoured flight as the best prophylactic against epidemic disease." https://t.co/DEeeyt2eqT 3/3
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RT @spenceweinreich: If you’re curious, here’s my article on whether you can flee a plague (probably not), which is open access courtesy of…
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Here is a fantastic essay on "flight theologies" or how people fleeing plague cities in 16th century England changed moral and religious views https://t.co/DEeeyt2eqT
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On fleeing from an epidemic in the 17th century and how 'flight theologies', led to "the emergence of an early modern English public sphere" Should I stay or should I go now? If I go, there will be trouble And if I stay it will be double https://t.co/p