SHAKSPER 2000: Henry VIII and Syphilis

From: Hardy M. Cook (editor@ws.bowiestate.edu)
Date: 12/15/00 

The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 11.2344  Friday, 15 December 2000

From:           Eric I. Salehi <eisalehi@optonline.net>
Date:           Thursday, 14 Dec 2000 18:34:27 -0500
Subject:        Henry VIII and Syphilis

List member interested in the historical background of syphilis may want
to take a look at  Johannes Fabricius, _Syphilis in Shakespeare's
England_ (London; Bristol, PA: Jessica Kingsley, 1994).  Fabricius'
study is both accessible and fairly thorough.

Eric Salehi


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