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Warnar, Femke 2022

‘Dat Men de Weghe al Ruum Houde van Beeste’ The perception of urban animals as sources of disease and its influence on the city policies of the Low Countries from the fourteenth to seventeenth centuries

Master thesis | History (MA)

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This thesis examines medieval and early modern ordinances found in the ordinance books of the cities of Ghent, Dordrecht, Leiden, Sint-Truiden and Antwerp in order to establish whether city...Show moreThis thesis examines medieval and early modern ordinances found in the ordinance books of the cities of Ghent, Dordrecht, Leiden, Sint-Truiden and Antwerp in order to establish whether city policies relating to animals were changed during disease outbreaks.Show less