ABSTRACT

This essay traces the interconnected endeavours to forge civic health-care provisions and to Christianise the public sphere in late fourteenth-century Seville. Following waves of plague and civil unrest, and growing religious fervour, Seville of the period was building its civic structures anew. Within this process, the municipality and central religious figures in the city took initiatives to advance health care and public health. This essay demonstrates the breadth of measures invested in pursuing health in the city and their entanglement with the religious agenda. The individuals and institutions which sponsored and endorsed health care also advocated the ideal of a Christian community versed in the principles of the Christian faith. The unique case study of Seville’s closely-knit community of health-care promoters sheds light on the significant role of health care and the perception of health within Iberian religious culture of the period.

摘要

这篇文章追溯了 14 世纪后期塞维利亚为建立公民医疗保健条款和将公共领域基督教化而进行的相互关联的努力。随着瘟疫和内乱的浪潮，以及日益增长的宗教狂热，这一时期的塞维利亚正在重新建设其公民结构。在此过程中，该市的市政府和中央宗教人士采取了举措来推进医疗保健和公共卫生。本文展示了在城市中为追求健康而投资的措施的广度及其与宗教议程的纠葛。赞助和支持医疗保健的个人和机构也倡导一个精通基督教信仰原则的基督教社区的理想。