Community, Urban Health and Environment in the Late Medieval Low Countries
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Debunking the myth of medieval cities as apathetic in the face of filth and disease, Janna Coomans builds a new understanding of how preventative health practices shaped urban communities, with responsibilities negotiated among different groups, across areas ranging from water, food and sanitation to pigs, prostitutes and plague.