Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.53745/ccp.48.93.7
The Sanitary Cordon of the Papal State and the Suppression of the Spread of Plague in Split in 1783/1784
Zdenko Dundović
; Department of Religious Sciences, University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia
Abstract
The emergence of the plague in Split in 1783/1784 influenced the activation of the sanitary cordon of the Papal State, especially along the Adriatic coast, in the province of Marche. Reports on the costs of establishing sanitary cordons during the plague outbreak in Bosnia and Dalmatia in the second half of the 18th century are preserved in the State Archive of Rome (Archivio di Stato di Roma) in Italy, within the fond of Congregazione del Buon Governo. Based on reports from the municipal authorities in the Marche province, the work sought to illustrate the organizational activities of papal congregations responsible for preventing the spread of infection and establishing defensive stations along the sanitary cordon on the coast of the Papal State, which extended from the north, namely the Goro branch, to the Tronto river in the southeast, bordering the Kingdom of Naples. The reports indicate that the competent authorities for combating epidemics in the Papal State effectively and coordinatedly controlled the spread of the epidemic, confirming the extremely low incidence of the plague in the area under consideration, despite significant costs borne by state and municipal treasuries.
Keywords
Sanitary cordon; Papal State; plague; Split; 18th century.
Hrčak ID:
320526
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Publication date:
6.9.2024.
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