CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Pataki, Katalin |
|---|---|
| Title | Medicine in and out of the Cloister |
| Summary | My research sets into focus the impacts of the medical and monastery reforms of Joseph II put through in Hungary. It aims to answer the question to what extent did the suppression of religious orders influence the medical marketplace. It maps up medical connections of monastic communities and their strategies to provide medical provision for their members and vica versa: the catchment area of some urban pharmacies can be uniquely detected from the moasteries located in their neighborhood. My study provides a chronological overview of the procedure of monastery abolition from the aspect of the ceased monastery pharmacies and expelled medical professionals belonging to monasteries. It contrasts the alternatives provided by the Emperor in order to facilitate medical provision in his lands and the practical outcomes that failed to chanell human resources, special equipments and goods into that direction. It also sets into focus the controlling role of the medical police that challanged monastery pharmacies according to secular requirements and maps up the strategies of religious orders to save their medical resources for themselves and in sake of public welfare as well. |
| Supervisor | Kontler László |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/pataki_katalin.pdf |
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