Cavarra B, Gazzaniga V
Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Patologia, Sezione di Storia della Medicina, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, I.
Med Secoli. 1996;8(1):105-23.
The role played by great epidemics in the composition of the Triumphs of Death and the Dances of the Deaths in Italy from XIVth to XVth century has been recently well discussed by historiographical licterature. The human body has been linked to the idea of frialty and decomposition already before XIVth century; ascetical and penitential ideals have been joined together with critical economical, social and sanitary conditions. European medieval populations were mown down by endemic illnesses and it certainly is possible that these catastrophic events influenced the composition of Triumphs and Dances.
伟大的流行病在14至15世纪意大利《死亡的胜利》和《死亡之舞》的创作中所扮演的角色，最近已被史学文献充分讨论。早在14世纪之前，人体就已与脆弱和腐烂的概念联系在一起；苦行和忏悔的理想与严峻的经济、社会和卫生状况相结合。欧洲中世纪的人口被地方病大量削减，这些灾难性事件很可能影响了《胜利》和《舞蹈》的创作。
