A History Of Bubonic Plague In The British Isles
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A History Of Bubonic Plague In The British Isles
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Author : J. F. D. Shrewsbury
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2005-11-10
A History Of Bubonic Plague In The British Isles written by J. F. D. Shrewsbury and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-11-10 with History categories.
How the black rat introduced the bubonic plague into Britain, and the subsequent effects on social and economic life.
A History Of Bubonic Plague In The British Isles
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Author : John Findlay Drew Shrewsbury
language : en
Publisher: London : Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1970
A History Of Bubonic Plague In The British Isles written by John Findlay Drew Shrewsbury and has been published by London : Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Medical categories.
A history of the bacterial disease of bubonic plague, and of the mortality, distress and panic fear that it caused in the British Isles from The Great Pestilence of 1348 to The Plague of London in 1665, with a brief account of its transient reappearances between 1900 and 1912. Professor Shrewsbury draws on his knowledge as a bacteriologist in describing the way in which the disease was transmitted from the rat, its natural host, to man and emphasizes that the Black Rat was solely responsible for its introduction to the British Isles, and for its spread from one place to another; he is thus able to identify genuine outbreaks of plague from those of other diseases. Among the consequences of the plague which Professor Shrewsbury discusses are its effect upon the growth of population, and on social and economic life, the harsh and useless regulations made in vain efforts to control it, and the collapse of law and order during its great outbursts.
A History Of Bubonic Plague In The British Isles By J F D Shrewsbury
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Author : John Findlay Drew Shrewsbury
language : en
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A History Of Bubonic Plague In The British Isles By J F D Shrewsbury written by John Findlay Drew Shrewsbury and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Plague categories.
The Scourging Angel
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Author : Benedict Gummer
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2014-07-10
The Scourging Angel written by Benedict Gummer and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-10 with History categories.
Nothing experienced in human history, before or since, eclipses the terror, tragedy and scale of the Black Death, the disease which killed millions of people in Medieval Europe. The Scourging Angel tells the story of Britain immediately before, during and after this catastrophe. Against a backdrop of empty homes, half-built cathedrals and pestilence-saturated cities, we see communities gripped by unimaginable fear, shock and paranoia. By the time it completed its pestilential journey through the British Isles in 1350, the Black Death had left half the population dead. Despite the startling toll of life, physical devastation and sheer human chaos it inflicted, Britain showed an impressive resilience. Amid disaster many found opportunity, and the story of the Black Death is ultimately one of survival.
Black Death And Plague The Disease And Medical Thought Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide
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Author : Samuel Kline Cohn
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2010-06
Black Death And Plague The Disease And Medical Thought Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide written by Samuel Kline Cohn and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06 with categories.
This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of Islamic studies find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data sets, and blogs. Written by a leading international authority on the subject, the ebook provides bibliographic information supported by direct recommendations about which sources to consult and editorial commentary to make it clear how the cited sources are interrelated related. This ebook is a static version of an article from Oxford Bibliographies Online: Renaissance and Reformation, a dynamic, continuously updated, online resource designed to provide authoritative guidance through scholarship and other materials relevant to the study of European history and culture between the 14th and 17th centuries. Oxford Bibliographies Online covers most subject disciplines within the social science and humanities, for more information visit www.oxfordbibliographies.com.
A History Of Epidemics In Britain
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Author : Charles Creighton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891
A History Of Epidemics In Britain written by Charles Creighton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with Epidemics categories.
A History Of Bubonic Plague In The Brithis Isles
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Author : J. F. D. Shrewsbury
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
A History Of Bubonic Plague In The Brithis Isles written by J. F. D. Shrewsbury and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with categories.
A History Of Bubonic Plauge In The British Isles
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Author : John Findlay Drew Shrewsbury
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
A History Of Bubonic Plauge In The British Isles written by John Findlay Drew Shrewsbury and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with categories.
The English Sweating Sickness
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Author : Charles River
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-06-21
The English Sweating Sickness written by Charles River and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-21 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts *Includes a bibliography for further reading Plague and pestilence have both fascinated and terrified humanity from the very beginning. Societies and individuals have struggled to make sense of them, and more importantly they've often struggled to avoid them. Before the scientific age, people had no knowledge of the microbiological agents - unseen bacteria and viruses - which afflicted them, and thus the maladies were often ascribed to wrathful supernatural forces. Even when advances in knowledge posited natural causes for epidemics and pandemics, medicine struggled to deal with them, and for hundreds of years religion continued to work hand-in-hand with medicine. It was only in the mid-19th century that scientists established a definitive link between viruses and bacteria and disease, and this allowed the development of vaccines to prevent the spread of killers such as smallpox, typhus, and diphtheria. In the early 20th century, the development of antibiotics helped immensely, but as the Spanish Flu of 1918 and the recent Coronavirus demonstrated, people have not succeeded in conquering all infectious diseases. In fact, it was not until World War II that most of the pestilences that have afflicted people in the past could be effectively prevented, and the fear of contagion remains strong. The plague, for all its horrors, became a known quantity that moved through a predictable progression, so by the 15th century, citizens learned to go on with their lives resigned to the fact that these curses seemed inescapable. However, in the mid-15th century, a new "febrile" disease of an entirely unknown cause struck again in Britain in a series of erratically paced and lethal outbreaks between 1485 and 1551. Confined almost entirely to England, the new and unfamiliar wave of illness paled before the statistical destruction caused by the Black Death. However, what came to be known as the "English sweating sickness" reappeared through the decades in a stunning display of unpredictable timing and terrifying symptoms. The anxiety produced by its rapid and grim emergence rivaled that of the previous continental scourge. Surviving the disease offered no defense against reinfection, and what began as mild discomfort in the morning often left a victim dead by nightfall. The new plague's arrival was indeed poorly timed for a country still recovering from the Black Death. To worsen the burden, respiratory diseases already stalked various communities throughout the British Isles, and a syphilis epidemic was widespread. Typhus and malaria were well known to larger Britain. All that the citizens of England knew was that the new peril was different, lacking the rash of typhus or the boils of bubonic plague, cold comfort at best. The new "sweating sickness" was not preying on Britain - only England. In an uncustomary manner, the sweating sickness chose the aristocracy for its primary target rather than the usual assault on the poor. Worse for the wealthy and ruling class, including the royals, the sweating sickness uncharacteristically infiltrated the ranks of young men aspiring to high places in society and government. In turn, few men and women in their households were spared. The poor suffered as well, but as with the plague, they were mandated to continue their daily regimens in the absence of any alternative. For the well-to-do, the disease struck at the heart of England's existence, personal and economical, with a predilection for those being groomed for state leadership or royal positions. Historically, wealth had enabled the ruling classes to evade the worst of European epidemics, but with the sweating sickness' assault on the highest tiers of the realm, the idea of acceptable losses vanished. Suddenly, no one among the elites was safe, and all efforts would be made to save them.
People Environment Disease And Death
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Author : George Melvyn Howe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
People Environment Disease And Death written by George Melvyn Howe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Medical categories.
As the author makes clear, medical statistics for earlier periods are difficult to extract from the available sources, so his discussion of diseases in pre-Normand and medieval periods are necessarily briefer than the chapters on Victorian England.