Bamji, A orcid.org/0000-0003-3256-7979 (2019) Health passes, print and public health in early modern Europe. Social History of Medicine, 32 (3). pp. 441-464. ISSN 0951-631X
Abstract
Early modern governments produced a wide range of printed texts as part of their public health strategies, including broadsheets, flysheets and pamphlets. This study focuses on health passes, a form of ephemeral print which asserted that the bearer had travelled from a city which was free from plague. Passes were printed forms with textual, iconographic and material features which sought to enhance their authority, credibility and usability. Completed forms provide evidence of their users and of how passes were adapted in response to particular perceived threats. This study examines passes issued by a large number of European cities to argue for the development of a shared European culture of public health print, inspired by recognition of print’s persuasiveness, efficiency and capacity to transcend the boundaries of place.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for the Social History of Medicine. This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Social History of Medicine following peer review. The version of record 'Health Passes, Print and Public Health in Early Modern Europe', Alexandra Bamji, Social History of Medicine, hkx104, https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkx104 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkx104 |
Keywords: | ephemeral print; health passes; mobility; plague; public health |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of History (Leeds) > EM History (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Arts & Humanities Research Council AHRC AH/I002448/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Nov 2017 12:33 |
Last Modified: | 20 Dec 2019 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/shm/hkx104 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:123540 |