Plague in the Mediterranean and Islamicate World

IF 1 2区哲学 Q2 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Isis Pub Date : 2023-09-02 DOI:10.1086/726989

Nükhet Varlık

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Abstract

This essay surveys the evolution of historical scholarship on epidemic diseases in the Mediterranean/Islamicate world with a particular focus on plague. Temporally, it covers the scholarship on plague epidemics during the last 1,500 years, surveyed in three major pandemics: first, second, and third pandemics of plague. Geographically, it addresses the Mediterranean basin and its hinterland, including the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the Anatolian peninsula, the Balkans, and occasionally drawing on adjacent areas such as the Black Sea region and the Persian plateau. It outlines major trends and turning points in the modern historiography; reviews prevailing paradigms, contested issues, and emergent consensuses; and identifies methodologies, sources, and approaches. Whenever possible, it highlights contributions from paleogenetic and other scientific studies, with special reference to the diversity of opinions, actors, and materials in this highly controversial but vigorous field of study. The major goal of this essay is to reunite the divided historiographies of the Mediterranean world, which are typically studied separately in the case of Europe and the Islamicate world, with a view to underscoring their shared epidemiological experiences.

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地中海和伊斯兰世界的瘟疫

本文考察了地中海/伊斯兰世界流行病的历史学术发展，特别关注鼠疫。从时间上讲，它涵盖了过去1500年间关于鼠疫流行的学术研究，调查了三次主要的瘟疫大流行:第一次，第二次和第三次瘟疫大流行。在地理上，它涉及地中海盆地及其腹地，包括中东和北非(MENA)、安纳托利亚半岛、巴尔干半岛，偶尔也涉及黑海地区和波斯高原等邻近地区。它概述了现代史学的主要趋势和转折点;回顾流行的范例、有争议的问题和新兴的共识;并确定方法、来源和方法。在可能的情况下，它强调了古成因和其他科学研究的贡献，特别提到了这个极具争议但又充满活力的研究领域的观点、参与者和材料的多样性。本文的主要目标是重新统一地中海世界的分裂史学，这些史学在欧洲和伊斯兰世界的情况下通常是分开研究的，以强调它们共同的流行病学经验。

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Isis 管理科学-科学史与科学哲学

CiteScore

1.00

自引率

16.70%

发文量

150

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Since its inception in 1912, Isis has featured scholarly articles, research notes, and commentary on the history of science, medicine, and technology and their cultural influences. Review essays and book reviews on new contributions to the discipline are also included. An official publication of the History of Science Society, Isis is the oldest English-language journal in the field. The Press, along with the journal’s editorial office in Starkville, MS, would like to acknowledge the following supporters: Mississippi State University, its College of Arts and Sciences and History Department, and the Consortium for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine.