Impact of Epidemic Disease upon European History, The
Fall Semester only
| 3 credits
| Elective
Majors:
History
and
Public Health
A broad overview of the shifting disease patterns of European history, from late Antiquity through the Middle Ages and Renaissance to the post-1700 decrease in mortality. Special attention will be paid to the contribution of epidemic disease to European attitudes, institutions, and policies, e.g., within public health.
Instructors
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Peter Christensen
Dr.phil. & Mag.art. (History, University of Copenhagen, 1993 & 1979). Lecturer at the Institute of History, University of Copenhagen. With DIS since 1992.
