Plague, Towns and Monarchy in Early Modern France

• Verfasst von: Murphy, Neil [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Plague, Towns and Monarchy in Early Modern France
• Verf.angabe: Neil Murphy (Northumbria University)
• Verlagsort: Cambridge ; New York ; Port Melbourne ; New Delhi ; Singapore
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Jahr: 2024
• Umfang: 76 Seiten
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Cambridge elements : Elements in the Renaissance
• ISBN: 978-1-009-50763-9
• ISBN: 978-1-009-23378-1
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700
• Sach-SW: European history
• Sach-SW: Europäische Geschichte: Renaissance
• Sach-SW: Geschichte: Seuchen, Krankheiten usw
• Sach-SW: HISTORY / Europe / General
• Sach-SW: Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
• Sach-SW: Social & cultural history
• Sach-SW: Social impact of disasters
• Sach-SW: Soziale Folgen von Katastrophen
• Geograph. SW: France
• Geograph. SW: Frankreich
• Zeit-SW: c 1600 to c 1700
• Zeit-SW: ca. 1648 bis ca. 1779 (Periode des Absolutismus und der Aufklärung in Deutschland sowie Mittel- und Osteuropa)
• K10plus-PPN: 1886528047

Abstract

This Element examines the emergence of comprehensive plague management systems in early modern France. While the historiography on plague argues that the plague of Provence in the 1720s represented the development of a new and 'modern' form of public health care under the control of the absolutist monarchy, it shows that the key elements in this system were established centuries earlier because of the actions of urban governments. It moves away from taking a medical focus on plague to examine the institutions that managed disease control in early modern France. In doing so, it seeks to provide a wider context of French plague care to better understand the systems used at Provence in the 1720s. It shows that the French developed a polycentric system of plague care which drew on the input of numerous actors combat the disease