A journal of the plague year
Subtitle: the diary of the Barcelona tanner Miquel Parets, 1651
By: James S. Amelang, translator and editor.
Contributors: Amelang, James S., 1952-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
Subjects: Parets, Miquel -- Diaries; Plague -- Spain -- Barcelona -- History -- 17th century; Tanners -- Spain -- Barcelona -- Diaries; Barcelona (Spain) -- History
Description: Rumors that plague had entered Barcelona's poorest quarter started circulating shortly after the New Year of 1651, but local officials hesitated to impose a full quarantine on the city. Within months the number of sick in the pesthouse had swelled to 4,000, and thousands more had fled the city. By the time the plague abated in September, at least 15,000 Barcelonans had died. This book is a translation of the 1651 journal of Miquel Parets, a Barcelona tanner who set out, like the protagonist of Camus' The Plague, "to state quite simply what we learn in a time of pestilence."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-162) and index.
Translation of selections from: De molts successos que han succeït dins Barcelona i molts altres llocs de Catalunya, dignes de memòria.