Nicholas Eckstein

Nicholas Eckstein

Historian of Renaissance Italy, University of Sydney; lives on unceded lands of the Wurundjeri-willam, the 'white gum-tree dwellers'.

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When a pandemic plague hit Florence in 1630, why were city health officers worried about smells?

When the pandemic plague hit, the first action taken by the government was to impose an emergency lockdown. It was known that the disease could pass from person to per...

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