Friar Pau of Alacant: The Plague of 1647-48 in Valencia and His Capuchin Biographical Micro-Stories

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Author(s): Vicent Josep Escartí (Universitat de València, Spain)
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 13
Source title: Handbook of Research on Historical Pandemic Analysis and the Social Implications of COVID-19
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Antonio Cortijo Ocaña (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)and Vicent Martines (University of Alicante, Spain)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7987-9.ch003

Keywords: Culture & Population Studies / Information Science Reference / Social Sciences & Humanities / Sociology

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The Capuchin friar Pau of Alacant-Jaume Fornals Colomina (Alacant 1612-1664), in view of the impact of the plague epidemic that hit many European territories in the mid-17th century and in order to highlight the martyrdom suffered by his religious brothers who had helped the sick in Valencia, wrote a letter that included several hagiographic-looking accounts, published in 1648. This chapter provides information on this forgotten author and analyzes the construction of micro-biographies that stress human values in difficult times.

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