Special Issue: Plagues, Politics and Portents

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Letter from the Editors

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Prologue: A Plague Church in Venice

Plagues: Print Portfolio

Emily Jay, Hollow, Hallowed Body: Santa Rosalia and the Reconstruction of Identities in Palermo during the 1624 Plague

Politics: Print Portfolio

Rachel Boddy, Power Play: Power, Playing Cards and the Representation of the Duchess of Marlborough’s Political Influence in early-eighteenth-century Britain

Portents: Print Portfolio

Betsy