The Art of Travelling in Good Health: Assessing and Addressing the Risks of Mobility in Early Modern Europe
Through English and French examples from the early modern period, and with parallels to the ongoing Covid crisis, this article highlights the important intersections of medical history and travel studies regarding the importance of health in discussions on travel. Considerations on the risks related...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:viatica_2578 https://doi.org/10.52497/viatica2578 urn:doi:10.52497/viatica2578 en https://journals.openedition.org/viatica/2578 2023-07-05T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/ls1r https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The Art of Travelling in Good Health: Assessing and Addressing the Risks of Mobility in Early Modern Europe Viatica Université Clermont Auvergne info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2275-0827 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/viatica Gelléri, Gábor Withey, Alun corps santé risque préparatifs de voyage conseils pour voyageurs body health risk travel preparations travel advice Through English and French examples from the early modern period, and with parallels to the ongoing Covid crisis, this article highlights the important intersections of medical history and travel studies regarding the importance of health in discussions on travel. Considerations on the risks related to travel were an integral part of early modern ideas on mobility. Travel advice literature, art of travel dissertations and private documents confirm that travel was deemed to be a dangerous undertaking for both body and soul: the road itself, foreign climes, and foreign mores were deemed to be possible sources of unease, discomfort and even severe danger. Careful preparation and “risk assessment” allowed, however, not only to mitigate such dangers, but also to benefit from exposure to them, for the development of the traveller and of their country. À travers des exemples anglais et français de la période moderne, et des parallèles avec la crise du Covid, cet article met en lumière plusieurs points de convergence entre l’histoire de la médecine et l’histoire des voyages en matière de santé en voyage. La prise en compte des risques liés au voyage faisait partie intégrante des discussions sur la mobilité à l’époque moderne. La littérature de conseils de voyage et des « arts de voyager », ainsi que les documents privés, confirment que le voyage était considéré comme une entreprise dangereuse pour le corps et l’âme : le trajet et la route, les climats et les mœurs étrangères étaient tous considérés comme de possibles sources de désagrément, d’inconfort, voire de grave danger. Une préparation et une évaluation des risques méticuleuses permettaient cependant, non seulement d’atténuer ces dangers, mais aussi d’en tirer profit en y étant exposé, pour le développement du voyageur et de son pays. |
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Through English and French examples from the early modern period, and with parallels to the ongoing Covid crisis, this article highlights the important intersections of medical history and travel studies regarding the importance of health in discussions on travel. Considerations on the risks related to travel were an integral part of early modern ideas on mobility. Travel advice literature, art of travel dissertations and private documents confirm that travel was deemed to be a dangerous undertaking for both body and soul: the road itself, foreign climes, and foreign mores were deemed to be possible sources of unease, discomfort and even severe danger. Careful preparation and “risk assessment” allowed, however, not only to mitigate such dangers, but also to benefit from exposure to them, for the development of the traveller and of their country. |
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Gelléri, Gábor Withey, Alun |
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Gelléri, Gábor Withey, Alun |
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Gelléri, Gábor |
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The Art of Travelling in Good Health: Assessing and Addressing the Risks of Mobility in Early Modern Europe |
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The Art of Travelling in Good Health: Assessing and Addressing the Risks of Mobility in Early Modern Europe |
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The Art of Travelling in Good Health: Assessing and Addressing the Risks of Mobility in Early Modern Europe |
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The Art of Travelling in Good Health: Assessing and Addressing the Risks of Mobility in Early Modern Europe |
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The Art of Travelling in Good Health: Assessing and Addressing the Risks of Mobility in Early Modern Europe |
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art of travelling in good health: assessing and addressing the risks of mobility in early modern europe |
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2023 |
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