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The literature of plague and the anxieties of piety in sixth-century Byzantium / Anthony Kaldellis -- Mice, arrows, and tumors : medieval plague iconography north of the Alps / Pamela Berger -- Visualizing death : medieval plagues and the macabre / Elina Gertsman -- The making of a plague saint : Saint Sebastian's imagery and cult before the Counter-Reformation / Sheila Barker -- Protestants and plague : the case of the 1562-63 pest in Nuremberg / Ronald K. Rittgers -- The Canker Friar : piety and intrigue in an era of new diseases / William Eamon -- Poussin's Plague at Ashdod (Rome, 1630-31) : a work of art in multiple contexts / Elisabeth Hipp -- Plague as spiritual medicine and medicine as spiritual metaphor : three treatises by Etienne Binet, S.J. (1569-1639) / Thomas Worcester -- Pestilence, apostasy, and heresy in seventeenth-century Rome : deciphering Michael Sweerts' Plague in an ancient city / Franco Mormando

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1 The Literature of Plague and the Anxieties of Piety in Sixth-Century Byzantium -- 2 Mice, Arrows, and Tumors. MEDIEVAL PLAGUE ICONOGRAPHY NORTH OF THE ALPS -- 3 Visualizing Death. MEDIEVAL PLAGUES AND THE MACABRE -- 4 The Making of a Plague Saint. SAINT SEBASTIAN 'S IMAGERY AND CULT BEFORE THE COUNTER -REFORMATION -- 5 Protestants and Plague. THE CASE OF THE 1562/63 PEST IN NÜRNBERG -- 6 The Canker Friar. PIETY AND INTRIGUE IN AN E RA OF NEW DISEASES -- 7 Poussin's The Plague at Ashdod. A WORK OF A RT IN MULTIPLE CONTEXTS -- 8 Plague as Spiritual Medicine and Medicine as Spiritual Metaphor. THREE TREATISES BY ETIENNE BINET , S.J. (1569-1639) -- 9 Pestilence, Apostasy, and Heresy in Seventeenth-Century Rome. DECIPHERING MICHAEL SWEERTS'S PLAGUE IN AN ANCIENT CITY -- Contributors -- Index