The Plagues of London
by Stephen Porter
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Plague was the most deadly disease across Europe for more than four hundred years after the onset of the Black Death in the 1340s. Because of the number of its victims, the foulness of the disease, the disruption which it caused and the literature which it generated, plague has cast a very long shadow, and its reputation is such that it still makes headlines and has the capacity to frighten us. As England's biggest city and an international seaport, London was especially vulnerable and show more suffered periodic epidemics, some of which killed at least one-fifth of its population and brought normal life to a virtual standstill. Only after the Great Plague of 1665 had claimed more victims than any previous outbreak was the city free from the ravages of the disease. In this absorbing history Stephen Porter uses the voices of stricken Londoners themselves to describe what life was like in the plague-riven capital. show lessTags
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Stephen Porter is a historian who previously worked for the Royal Commission on the Historical Manuscripts of England, later English Heritage. He has written numerous books and articles, including The Great Fire of London and The Great Plague. He lives in Warwickshire.
Common Knowledge
- People/Characters
- Samuel Pepys; Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon; Humphrey Henchman, Bishop of London; Henry VIII, King of England; James VI and I, King of Scots and King of England; Charles II, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (show all 10); John Graunt; Charles I, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland; Elizabeth I, Queen of England; William Sancroft
- Important places
- London, England, UK; Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK; Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK; Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands; Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; Venice, Veneto, Italy (show all 7); Hamburg, Germany
- Important events*
- plagues (London, 1348-1665); plagues (London, 1665)
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Classifications
- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Sociology
- DDC/MDS
- 362.196923209421 — Society, government, & culture Social problems and social services Social Welfare People with physical illnesses Services to people with specific conditions Diseases Other diseases
- LCC
- RA644 .P7 — Medicine Public aspects of medicine Public aspects of medicine Public health. Hygiene. Preventive medicine Disease (Communicable and noninfectious) and public
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- Languages
- English
- Media
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