Disaster in the Early Modern World: Examinations, Representations, Interventions - Paperback

by Ovanes Akopyan (Editor), David Rosenthal (Editor)

How did early modern societies think about disasters, such as earthquakes or floods? How did they represent disaster, and how did they intervene to mitigate its destructive effects? This collection showcases the breadth of new work on the period ca. 1300-1750.

Author Biography

Ovanes Akopyan is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow at Ca' Foscari University of Venice.

David Rosenthal is a Research Fellow at the University of Exeter and co-director of Hidden Cities apps.