Lazarets Never Aimed to Stop Circulations

The history of lazarets lies at the crossroads between the history of circulations and that of pandemics. Initially built to isolate and treat plague patients, they were then closely associated with the economic development of the early modern European states, and ensured the development of safe cir...

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Published inCromohs cyber review of modern historiography
Main Author David Do Paço
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Florence Firenze University Press Università degli Studi di Firenze 01.04.2020
Subjects
Historiography
History of medicine
Pandemics
Plague
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Summary:The history of lazarets lies at the crossroads between the history of circulations and that of pandemics. Initially built to isolate and treat plague patients, they were then closely associated with the economic development of the early modern European states, and ensured the development of safe circulation in the Mediterranean and Central Europe. Here, through the example of the lazaret of Trieste, we can also understand that a lazaret was a micropolis, and the social and cultural importance of such micropolis for the city, the history, and the memory of Trieste. This history is also that of an empire, of its governance and of the many actors operating at the local, regional and global levels, despite an ever-present pandemic risk. Image caption: Louis-François Cassas, Vue de la ville et du port de Trieste, prise du Môle neuf (1802).
ISSN:1123-7023
DOI:10.13128/cromohs-11314