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Luther in Plague Time with Allyson Creasman
Manage episode 262349106 series 2645307
Allyson Creasman is an associate professor of history at Carnegie Mellon University, where she specializes in the German reformation. Dr. Creasman paints a thorough picture of the pandemic in Luther’s time, examining the early modern quarantine legislation and the secularization of the healthcare system. She discusses whether Luther would have a Twitter, what his thoughts on social distancing were, and what the debates over censorship in Luther’s time can teach us about today’s controversies over fake news.
Censorship and Dissemination of Information in Reformation Germany
Martin Luther’s Response to Plague
Secularization of Healthcare
Early Quarantine Legislation
Early Modern Understandings of Plague
Sociological Ramifications of the Bubonic Plague
Links:
The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
94 episodes
Manage episode 262349106 series 2645307
Allyson Creasman is an associate professor of history at Carnegie Mellon University, where she specializes in the German reformation. Dr. Creasman paints a thorough picture of the pandemic in Luther’s time, examining the early modern quarantine legislation and the secularization of the healthcare system. She discusses whether Luther would have a Twitter, what his thoughts on social distancing were, and what the debates over censorship in Luther’s time can teach us about today’s controversies over fake news.
Censorship and Dissemination of Information in Reformation Germany
Martin Luther’s Response to Plague
Secularization of Healthcare
Early Quarantine Legislation
Early Modern Understandings of Plague
Sociological Ramifications of the Bubonic Plague
Links:
The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
94 episodes
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