Scholarly Article Analysis: Spanish Plague

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Article Analysis; The Spanish Plague That Never Was; Crisis and Exploitation in Cádiz During the Peste of Provence

The article, “The Spanish Plague That Never Was: Crisis and Exploitation in Cádiz During the Peste of Provence,” analyzes French authorities’ successful response to a major outbreak of plague in the Provence region. The author says that the authorities, though they made significant efforts, they failed to prevent the commercial and the diplomatic effects of the Disaster from encroaching to major cities in Europe like Cadiz to Indies from Marseille. The study is an exploration of Spanish response to the Great plague of Marseille (The Peste Provence).  The study further explores the reforms, the policies of Philip, and the long-term reactions and the management of public health and crisis in large Spain.

The author presents an important argument in that a...