Article ID: CBB001201441

From “Bête Noire” to “le Mal de Constantinople”: Plagues, Medicine, and the Early Modern Ottoman State (2013)

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Varlik, Nükhet (Author)


Journal of World History
Volume: 24
Pages: 741--770


Publication Date: 2013
Edition Details: Part of the forum on “The State and the Epidemiological Transition”.
Language: English

Ottoman perceptions of and responses to epidemic diseases changed dramatically in the sixteenth century. Until that time, plagues were viewed in mostly supernatural-apocalyptic terms. However, with the development of a new body of knowledge and interpretations, plagues came to be seen in a more naturalistic-medical framework. Moreover, this new approach was used for justifying administrative and legal practices implemented for the control of epidemic outbreaks. This article explores the historical context in which this paradigmatic change took place, with a view to establishing the complex relationship between the expanding powers of early modern state governance and the discourses of plagues maintained by the Ottoman society.

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Authors & Contributors
Bulmus, Birsen
Geddes da Filicaia, Marco
MacKay, Ruth
Maria Paola Zanoboni
Emanuele Stolfi
Vesna Blazina
Concepts
Disease and diseases
Epidemics
Plague
Medicine
Public health
Medicine and society
Time Periods
16th century
Early modern
19th century
Renaissance
18th century
15th century
Places
Europe
Ottoman Empire
England
Spain
Adriatic sea
Connecticut (U.S.)
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