How Long to Read Sudden Death: Medicine and Religion in Eighteenth-Century Rome
By Maria Pia Donato
How Long Does it Take to Read Sudden Death: Medicine and Religion in Eighteenth-Century Rome?
It takes the average reader 4 hours to read Sudden Death: Medicine and Religion in Eighteenth-Century Rome by Maria Pia Donato
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Description
In 1705-1706, during the War of the Spanish Succession and two years after a devastating earthquake, an ’epidemic’ of mysterious sudden deaths terrorized Rome. In early modern society, a sudden death was perceived as a mala mors because it threatened the victim’s salvation by hindering repentance and last confession. Special masses were celebrated to implore God’s clemency and Pope Clement XI ordered his personal physician, Giovanni Maria Lancisi, to perform a series of dissections in the university anatomical theatre in order to discover the 'true causes' of the deadly events. It was the...
How long is Sudden Death: Medicine and Religion in Eighteenth-Century Rome?
Sudden Death: Medicine and Religion in Eighteenth-Century Rome by Maria Pia Donato is 240 pages long, and a total of 60,000 words.
This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.
How Long Does it Take to Read Sudden Death: Medicine and Religion in Eighteenth-Century Rome Aloud?
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 27 minutes to read Sudden Death: Medicine and Religion in Eighteenth-Century Rome aloud.
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Sudden Death: Medicine and Religion in Eighteenth-Century Rome is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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