Reference: Benedetti (1577) Noui auisi
Benedetti, Rocco. , and Bartoli, Battista. Noui auisi di Venetia, ne quali si contengono tutti i casi miserabili, che in quella, al tempo della peste sono occorsi … In Urbino appresso Battista de Bartoli Vinitiano, 1577
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Episode 21 — The Plague Doctor
The well-known image of the plague doctor with the beaked mask doesn’t really have a lot of support in our sources. Did he even exist?
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Episode 19 — Venice and the plague – part 3
During the 1400s, Venice had created defences against the recurring outbreaks of the plague, and they kept Venice mostly safe for the following centuries. Mostly safe.