A SOCIETY OF SOCIAL DIFFERENCES: ISOLATING THE RICH AND THE POOR IN THE 17th-CENTURY KINGDOM OF NAPLES DURING A PLAGUE EPIDEMIC
A SOCIETY OF SOCIAL DIFFERENCES: ISOLATING THE RICH AND THE POOR IN THE 17th-CENTURY KINGDOM OF NAPLES DURING A PLAGUE EPIDEMIC
Author(s): Idamaria FuscoSubject(s): History, Social history, Modern Age, Social development, Social differentiation, Health and medicine and law, Policy, planning, forecast and speculation, Rural and urban sociology, Welfare services, 17th Century
Published by: Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: plague; preventive measures; social differences; Kingdom of Naples; 17th century;
Summary/Abstract: In this essay I will deal with plague and preventive measures in two epidemics which broke out in the Kingdom of Naples in 1656 and in 1690. The prevention was the most effective solution against the disease, but it was not always adopted. Differences between isolating the rich and isolating the poor existed, and they contributed to the plague spreading, as it happened especially in the 1656 disease. However, by the end of the 17th century a greater awareness of the importance of prevention had been reached, as well evidenced by the experience of the better managed 1690 epidemic.
Journal: Études balkaniques
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 84-99
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
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