MJERE ZA SUZBIJANJE EPIDEMIJA NA APENINSKOM POLUOTOKU UOČI DRUGOGA MOREJSKOG RATA (1713. – 1714.): SVJEDOČENJE ENGLESKIH IZVORA. (Croatian)

The war over Spanish heritage that ended in 1713 left certain parts of the Apennine peninsula in ruins. The peace agreement that founded relations between the opposed sides changed radically both the overall picture and the balance of powers on the peninsula. Spain was forced to retreat and concede its dominions to Austria; this event marked the beginning of Austrian political presence in certain parts of Italy. When Charles VI decided to send soldiers to the conceded regions, Venetian public was agitated, as it feared that German soldiers might easily bring the plague, which ravaged Vienna at the time. This fact was decisive for citizens' opinion in some Italian states, indicating that the plague still had the prerogatives of a weapon that may easily alarm the public. On the other hand, the cattle-plague, which encompassed the whole Apennine peninsula during 1713, presented a real epidemic with substantially grave consequences. At the time, as well as in the subsequent veterinary and medical studies, Dalmatia – where the disease had been registered several years earlier – was proclaimed the guilty party. Christian Cole, an English resident in Venice, wrote reports that form the basis for the major part of this research, followed – through his official and unofficial contacts – the happenings in the Papal State, showed special interest in the cattle-plague, and informed London regularly about it. His reports reveal to what extent panic took over both the Catholic clergy and the common people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Istraživanje je usmjereno na praćenje zdravstvenih prilika u pojedinim talijanskim državama, u prvom redu Papinske države i Venecije, kao i stavu njihovih vlasti prema epidemijama koje su se javile kao posljedica Rata za španjolsko nasljeđe (1701. – 1713.). Građa koja je korištena u izradi rada potječe iz Nacionalnog arhiva u Londonu (The National Archives at Kew Gardens, London), a sadrži redovne izvještaje predstavnika Engleske u Veneciji, s kojom je ova održavala redovite diplomatske odnose. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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