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	Podcast:		The LRB Podcast
	Episode:		Four Hundred Years of Quarantine
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:38:47
	Publish Date:		2020-03-30 16:51:36
	Description:		Erin Maglaque talks to Thomas Jones about the lockdown imposed by the city of Florence in January 1631 in response to a plague outbreak, the similarities with our current situation, and the differences. Maglaque wrote about the plague in Florence in a recent issue of the LRB, reviewing Florence Under Siege: Surviving Plague in an Early Modern City by John Henderson. Read her piece here: https://lrb.me/maglaquepod Read Tom's piece on Italy and the coronavirus pandemic: https://lrb.me/jonesitalypod Subscribe to the LRB from just £1 per issue: mylrb.co.uk/podcast20b See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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