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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; 1 Setting the scene: Aberdeen and the north-east; Communications by land; Communications by sea; Aberdeen: topography, layout, defences; Administration and governance; Community and belonging; Piety and the Church in the north-east; The health of the people; Notes; Bibliography; 2 Responses to plague in Scotland; Shock and awe: interpreting disasters; Aberdeen's plague treatise: Gilbert Skene's Ane Breve Descriptioun of the Pest (1568).
The influence of Skene's Breve DescriptiounThe place of the Breve Description in medical writing in Scotland; Miasma and contagion; Controlling plague, controlling people; Civic responses to plague in their national and international contexts; Nationwide plague policy; Responses to plague in Scotland; Notes; Bibliography; 3 Plague in Aberdeen before 1550; 1497: the Great Pox in Aberdeen; The chronology of plague to 1550; Prevention: monitoring entrance(s); Detection: notification and searching; Isolation: enclosure and quarantine; Disinfection: cleansing of people, places and goods.
Plague in Aberdeen before 1550Notes; Bibliography; 4 Plague in Aberdeen after 1550; Arrivals by land; Arrivals by sea; Challenges in the implementation of civic legislation; The role of Kirk Sessions during plague; Plague, punishment and godly discipline; Plague and the poor in the parishes; Spreading the word: networks of communication; The spiritual dimension; Plague in Aberdeen after 1550; Notes; Bibliography; 5 Aberdeen's final plague: The outbreak of 1647-48; An altered Aberdeen; Aberdeen and the Covenanting wars; Plague returns to Scotland; Plague reaches Aberdeen.
Plague elsewhere in the north-eastCounting the cost; Aberdeen's final plague: the outbreak of 1647-48; Notes; Bibliography; 6 Conclusion; Epilogue: further plague scares; Explaining Aberdeen's immunity; Aberdeen's location; The implementation of Aberdeen's plague measures; Contravention and compliance; An urban history of the plague: early modern Aberdeen; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
The influence of Skene's Breve DescriptiounThe place of the Breve Description in medical writing in Scotland; Miasma and contagion; Controlling plague, controlling people; Civic responses to plague in their national and international contexts; Nationwide plague policy; Responses to plague in Scotland; Notes; Bibliography; 3 Plague in Aberdeen before 1550; 1497: the Great Pox in Aberdeen; The chronology of plague to 1550; Prevention: monitoring entrance(s); Detection: notification and searching; Isolation: enclosure and quarantine; Disinfection: cleansing of people, places and goods.
Plague in Aberdeen before 1550Notes; Bibliography; 4 Plague in Aberdeen after 1550; Arrivals by land; Arrivals by sea; Challenges in the implementation of civic legislation; The role of Kirk Sessions during plague; Plague, punishment and godly discipline; Plague and the poor in the parishes; Spreading the word: networks of communication; The spiritual dimension; Plague in Aberdeen after 1550; Notes; Bibliography; 5 Aberdeen's final plague: The outbreak of 1647-48; An altered Aberdeen; Aberdeen and the Covenanting wars; Plague returns to Scotland; Plague reaches Aberdeen.
Plague elsewhere in the north-eastCounting the cost; Aberdeen's final plague: the outbreak of 1647-48; Notes; Bibliography; 6 Conclusion; Epilogue: further plague scares; Explaining Aberdeen's immunity; Aberdeen's location; The implementation of Aberdeen's plague measures; Contravention and compliance; An urban history of the plague: early modern Aberdeen; Notes; Bibliography; Index.