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1629–1631 Italian plague

The Italian plague of 1629–1631, also referred to as the Great Plague of Milan, was part of the second plague pandemic that began with the Black Death in 1348 and ended in the 18th century. One of two major outbreaks in Italy during the 17th century, it affected northern and central Italy and resulted in at least 280,000 deaths, with some estimating fatalities as high as one million, or about 35% of the population.[1] The plague may have contributed to the decline of Italy's economy relative to those of other Western European countries.[2]

Literature[edit]

The 1630 Milan plague is the backdrop for several chapters of Alessandro Manzoni's 1840 novel The Betrothed (Italian: I promessi sposi). Although a work of fiction, Manzoni's description of the conditions and events in plague-ravaged Milan are completely historical and extensively documented from primary sources researched by the author.


An expunged section of the book, describing the historical trial and execution of three alleged "plague-spreaders", was later published in a pamphlet entitled Storia della colonna infame (History of the pillar of infamy).

Ludovico Settala

Naples Plague (1656)

List of epidemics

Second plague pandemic

a church in Venice built as a votive offering for the city's deliverance from the plague

Santa Maria della Salute

small island in the Venetian lagoon used as a cemetery for plague victims

Lazzaretto Vecchio

Alfani, Guido; Percoco, Marco (2019). (PDF). The Economic History Review. 72 (4): 1175–1201. doi:10.1111/ehr.12652. ISSN 1468-0289. S2CID 131730725. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2019-12-10.

"Plague and long-term development: the lasting effects of the 1629–30 epidemic on the Italian cities"

Cipolla, Carlo M. (1981). . Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 0-299-08340-3.

Fighting the Plague in Seventeenth Century Italy

Hays, J. N. (2005). Epidemics and pandemics; their impacts on human history. ABC-CLIO.  978-1851096589.

ISBN

Kohn, George C. (2007). (3rd ed.). New York: Facts on File. pp. 200. ISBN 9780816069354.

Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence: From Ancient Times to the Present

Prinzing, Friedrich (1916). . Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Epidemics Resulting from Wars