Autore
Guidoboni, Emanuela

Titolo
Terremoti, teorie e pratiche. Dal Cinquecento alla fine del Settecento
Periodico
Quaderni storici
Anno: 2025 - Volume: 178 - Fascicolo: 1 - Pagina iniziale: 211 - Pagina finale: 254

This article examines the interplay between theoretical interpretations of earthquakes and the practical efforts to mitigate their effects in the pre-modern era. Between the late sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, shifting explanations – from Aristotelian and theological to mechanistic and naturalistic – coexisted with emerging insights into structural vulnerability and safety. Major earthquakes in 1570, 1638, 1688, and 1693 served as testing grounds for new ideas about construction and urban planning, though their impact remained limited. Following the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 and the Calabrian earthquakes of 1783, debates in Italian academies contrasted natural electricism with volcanism, while the first technical building guidelines marked a step toward modern seismic awareness. Yet economic and political constraints hindered their implementation, revealing the persistent gap between scientific understanding and practical means of protection.



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