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Social Distancing and Quarantine Were Used in Medieval Times to Fight the Black Death

Title (Dublin Core)

Social Distancing and Quarantine Were Used in Medieval Times to Fight the Black Death

Description (Dublin Core)

A medieval Italian legislation document, dating from 1377, reveals that social distancing and quarantine measures were practiced during the bubonic plague. The article describes what measures seaport towns took to screen and isolate ships before their goods and crews could enter these populations Also, it discusses the advent of plague hospitals, how the word quarantine came to be, and 14th century public health structure. As far as medicine and technology has advanced over the centuries, we are still using some of the same practices that were used seven centuries ago. It illustrates how much we can still learn from the past.

Date (Dublin Core)

March 27, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

David Roos

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Robin Keagle

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Article

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://www.history.com/news/quarantine-black-death-medieval
https://web.archive.org/web/20210113115654/https://www.history.com/news/quarantine-black-death-medieval

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Social Distance
English Public Health & Hospitals

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

history
plague
quarantine
social distancing
public health

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

history
plague
black death
quarantine
social distancing
public health

Collection (Dublin Core)

Healthcare

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

01/31/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

01/31/2021
05/07/2021
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Date Created (Dublin Core)

03/27/2020

Item sets

Covid 19
Arizona State University

This item was submitted on January 31, 2021 by Robin Keagle using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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