A journal of the plague year
the diary of the Barcelona tanner Miquel Parets, 1651
by Miquel Parets
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Rumors that plague had entered Barcelona's poorest quarter started circulating shortly after the New Year of 1651, but local officials hesitated to impose a full quarantine on the city. Within months the number of sick in the pesthouse had swelled to 4,000, and thousands more had fled the city. By the time the plague abated in September, at least 15,000 Barcelonans had died. This book is a translation of the 1651 journal of Miquel Parets, a Barcelona tanner who set out, like the protagonist of Camus' The Plague, "to state quite simply what we learn in a time of pestilence."
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Diaries, History, Plague, Tanners, Early works to 1800, Tannus, Spain, biography, History, 17th CenturyPeople
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A journal of the plague year: the diary of the Barcelona tanner Miquel Parets, 1651
1991, Oxford University Press
in English
0195064550 9780195064551
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-162) and index.
Translation of selections from: De molts successos que han succeït dins Barcelona i molts altres llocs de Catalunya, dignes de memòria.
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