Život na prostoru Budimske episkopije u kontekstu epidemije kuge 1738-1740

Abstract

The development of human civilization has been accompanied by attempts to eradicate contagius diseases, soch as plague, which had a significanty high lethality throughout history. In that respect, in the 18th century the Habsburg Monarchy first introduced variors regulations, and afterwards brought comprehensive public health legislation. This way, many questions were resolved, first and foremost how to prevent the spread of an epidemic. These regulations greatly contrasted the folk customs and religious practice related to burying the dead. This paper presents phenomena at the time of the plague epidemic in Eparchy of from 1738 to 1740. On the one hand, measures were taken to fight the epidemic, and on the other hand, the killing of doctors in Buda, which has led to the spread of the plague.