Black Death In London

Author : Barnie Sloane
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780752496399

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The Black Death in London by Barnie Sloane Pdf

The Black Death of 1348–49 may have killed more than 50% of the European population. This book examines the impact of this appalling disaster on England's most populous city, London. Using previously untapped documentary sources alongside archaeological evidence, a remarkably detailed picture emerges of the arrival, duration and public response to this epidemic and subsequent fourteenth-century outbreaks. Wills and civic and royal administration documents provide clear evidence of the speed and severity of the plague, of how victims, many named, made preparations for their heirs and families, and of the immediate social changes that the aftermath brought. The traditional story of the timing and arrival of the plague is challenged and the mortality rate is revised up to 50%–60% in the first outbreak, with a population decline of 40–45% across Edward III's reign. Overall, The Black Death in London provides as detailed a story as it is possible to tell of the impact of the plague on a major mediaeval English city.

Author : Stephen Porter
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 591 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445656861

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Black Death by Stephen Porter Pdf

The definitive history of the virulent and fatal plague outbreaks that wiped out half of London's populations from the medieval Black Death of the 1340s to the Great Plagues of the seventeenth century.

Author : Daniel Defoe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1722
Category : Fires
ISBN : UOM:39015008802483

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A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe Pdf

Author : Philip Ziegler
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780571287116

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The Black Death by Philip Ziegler Pdf

Between 1347 and 1350, the Black Death killed at least one third of Europe's population. Philip Ziegler's classic account traces the course of the virulent epidemic through Europe and its dramatic effect on the lives of those whom it afflicted. First published nearly forty years ago, it remains definitive. 'The clarity and restraint on every page produce a most potent cumulative effect.' Michael Foot

Author : Natasha Narayan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Epidemics
ISBN : 1904153011

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The Black Death and Other Putrid Plagues of London by Natasha Narayan Pdf

The Black Death & other putrid plagues

Author : Barnie Sloane
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752496399

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Black Death in London by Barnie Sloane Pdf

The Black Death of 1348–49 may have killed more than 50% of the European population. This book examines the impact of this appalling disaster on England's most populous city, London. Using previously untapped documentary sources alongside archaeological evidence, a remarkably detailed picture emerges of the arrival, duration and public response to this epidemic and subsequent fourteenth-century outbreaks. Wills and civic and royal administration documents provide clear evidence of the speed and severity of the plague, of how victims, many named, made preparations for their heirs and families, and of the immediate social changes that the aftermath brought. The traditional story of the timing and arrival of the plague is challenged and the mortality rate is revised up to 50%–60% in the first outbreak, with a population decline of 40–45% across Edward III’s reign. Overall, The Black Death in London provides as detailed a story as it is possible to tell of the impact of the plague on a major medieval English city.

Author : Ole Jørgen Benedictow
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843832140

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The Black Death, 1346-1353 by Ole Jørgen Benedictow Pdf

This study of the Black Death considers the nature of the disease, its origin, spread, mortality and its impact on history.

Author : Walter George Bell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Medicine
ISBN : UOM:39015017978514

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The Great Plague in London in 1665 by Walter George Bell Pdf

Thomson, George.

Author : Daniel Defoe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Fires
ISBN : UVA:X002400273

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History of the Plague in London, 1665 by Daniel Defoe Pdf

Author : Ian Grainger
Publisher : Museum of London Archaeological Service
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132236824

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The Black Death Cemetery, East Smithfield, London by Ian Grainger Pdf

Royal Mint site excavation report published as 3 separate volumes, the other 2 being: The abbey of St. Mary Graces, East Smithfield, London; The Royal Navy victualling yard, East Smithfield, London.

Author : Miranda Kaufmann
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786071859

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Black Tudors by Miranda Kaufmann Pdf

Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2018 A Book of the Year for the Evening Standard and the Observer A black porter publicly whips a white Englishman in the hall of a Gloucestershire manor house. A Moroccan woman is baptised in a London church. Henry VIII dispatches a Mauritanian diver to salvage lost treasures from the Mary Rose. From long-forgotten records emerge the remarkable stories of Africans who lived free in Tudor England… They were present at some of the defining moments of the age. They were christened, married and buried by the Church. They were paid wages like any other Tudors. The untold stories of the Black Tudors, dazzlingly brought to life by Kaufmann, will transform how we see this most intriguing period of history.

Author : David Herlihy
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1997-09-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674744233

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The Black Death and the Transformation of the West by David Herlihy Pdf

Looking beyond the view of the plague as unmitigated catastrophe, Herlihy finds evidence for its role in the advent of new population controls, the establishment of universities, the spread of Christianity, the dissemination of vernacular cultures, and even the rise of nationalism. This book, which displays a distinguished scholar's masterly synthesis of diverse materials, reveals that the Black Death can be considered the cornerstone of the transformation of Europe.

Author : Kathryn Harkup
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781472958242

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Death By Shakespeare by Kathryn Harkup Pdf

William Shakespeare found dozens of different ways to kill off his characters, and audiences today still enjoy the same reactions – shock, sadness, fear – that they did more than 400 years ago when these plays were first performed. But how realistic are these deaths, and did Shakespeare have the knowledge to back them up? In the Bard's day death was a part of everyday life. Plague, pestilence and public executions were a common occurrence, and the chances of seeing a dead or dying body on the way home from the theatre were high. It was also a time of important scientific progress. Shakespeare kept pace with anatomical and medical advances, and he included the latest scientific discoveries in his work, from blood circulation to treatments for syphilis. He certainly didn't shy away from portraying the reality of death on stage, from the brutal to the mundane, and the spectacular to the silly. Elizabethan London provides the backdrop for Death by Shakespeare, as Kathryn Harkup turns her discerning scientific eye to the Bard and the varied and creative ways his characters die. Was death by snakebite as serene as Shakespeare makes out? Could lack of sleep have killed Lady Macbeth? Can you really murder someone by pouring poison in their ear? Kathryn investigates what actual events may have inspired Shakespeare, what the accepted scientific knowledge of the time was, and how Elizabethan audiences would have responded to these death scenes. Death by Shakespeare will tell you all this and more in a rollercoaster of Elizabethan carnage, poison, swordplay and bloodshed, with an occasional death by bear-mauling for good measure.

Author : Samuel Kline Cohn
Publisher : Hodder Arnold
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0340706465

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The Black Death Transformed by Samuel Kline Cohn Pdf

The Black Death in Europe, from its arrival in 1347-52 into the early modern period, has been seriously misunderstood. From a wide range of sources, this study argues that it was not the rat-based bubonic plague usually blamed, and considers its effect on European culture.

Author : Ole Jørgen Benedictow
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 1059 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783275168

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The Complete History of the Black Death by Ole Jørgen Benedictow Pdf

Completely revised and updated for this new edition, Benedictow's acclaimed study remains the definitive account of the Black Death and its impact on history. The first edition of The Black Death collected and analysed the many local studies on the disease published in a variety of languages and examined a range of scholarly papers. The medical and epidemiological characteristics of the disease, its geographical origin, its spread across Asia Minor, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe, and the mortality in the countries and regions for which there are satisfactory studies, are clearly presented and thoroughly discussed. The pattern, pace and seasonality of spread revealed through close scrutiny of these studies exactly reflect current medical work and standard studies on the epidemiology of bubonic plague. Benedictow's findings made it clear that the true mortality rate was far higher than had been previously thought. In the light of those findings, the discussion in the last part of the book showing the Black Death as a turning point in history takes on a new significance. OLE J. BENEDICTOW is Professor of History at the University of Oslo.