The Great Plague And Great Fire Of London
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The Great Plague And Great Fire Of London
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Author : Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-09-04
The Great Plague And Great Fire Of London written by Charles River Editors and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-04 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the disasters *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading In the 14th century, a ruthless killer stalked the streets of England, wiping out up to 60% of the terror-stricken nation's inhabitants. This invisible and unforgiving terminator continued to harass the population for hundreds of years, but nothing could compare to the savagery it would unleash 3 centuries later. This conscienceless menace was none other than the notorious bubonic plague, also known as the "Black Death." The High Middle Ages had seen a rise in Western Europe's population in previous centuries, but these gains were almost entirely erased as the plague spread rapidly across all of Europe from 1346-1353. With a medieval understanding of medicine, diagnosis, and illness, nobody understood what caused Black Death or how to truly treat it. As a result, many religious people assumed it was divine retribution, while superstitious and suspicious citizens saw a nefarious human plot involved and persecuted certain minority groups among them. Though it is now widely believed that rats and fleas spread the disease by carrying the bubonic plague westward along well-established trade routes, and there are now vaccines to prevent the spread of the plague, the Black Death gruesomely killed upwards of 100 million people, with helpless chroniclers graphically describing the various stages of the disease. It took Europe decades for its population to bounce back, and similar plagues would affect various parts of the world for the next several centuries, but advances in medical technology have since allowed researchers to read various medieval accounts of the Black Death in order to understand the various strains of the disease. Furthermore, the social upheaval caused by the plague radically changed European societies, and some have noted that by the time the plague had passed, the Late Middle Ages would end with many of today's European nations firmly established. In the 17th century, the people of London could boast that they had developed some of the most advanced firefighting technology and methods in the world, including the use of primitive fire engines. There were even vendors of such machines who advertised in papers of their machines' abilities to quench great fires. Of course, even with trained firefighters and new devices, the most skillful efforts could still prove limited in the face of a giant fire, as Rome had learned over 1500 years earlier and as Chicago would learn nearly 200 years later. In fact, one of the primary reasons London developed ways to fight fires was the fact that the city was particularly vulnerable. Although London was over 1500 years old and sat at the heart of the British Empire, most of the buildings were made of wood, and the city was overcrowded, in part due to the fact that city planners worked with and around the ancient Roman fortifications that had been constructed to defend it. As such, while there were spacious areas for the elite and rich outside of the city, London itself had narrow streets full of wood buildings that were practically on top of each other. With some bad luck and bad timing, a potential disaster awaited the city, and that finally came in September 1666. As it turned out, the Great Fire of London was so bad that one author who studied the blaze described it as "the perfect fire," referring to the convergence in the largest city in England of spark, wood and wind in such a way that no one could stop the fire or even fight it effectively. The fire lasted three days, and by the end of it, Londoners were shocked by the wide-scale destruction, which was so great that Samuel Pepys remarked, "It made me weep to see it." In the aftermath, people looked for scapegoats, ranging from King Charles II to the Pope and his Catholic supporters, while England's leaders looked to rebuild the city.
The Great Fire Of London Of 1666
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Author : Magdalena Alagna
language : en
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Release Date : 2003-12-15
The Great Fire Of London Of 1666 written by Magdalena Alagna and has been published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Recounts the events leading up to the 1666 fire that destroyed most of London, tracing its course and aftermath, as well as the city's recovery.
The Great Plague And Fire Of London
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Author : Charles J. Shields
language : en
Publisher: Facts On File
Release Date : 2002
The Great Plague And Fire Of London written by Charles J. Shields and has been published by Facts On File this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Fires categories.
A detailed history of two disasters that befell London, England: the Great Plague of 1665 in which it is estimated that at least 70,000 died, and the Great Fire of 1666, which destroyed four-fifths of the city.
The Great Fire Of London
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Author : Sarah Machajewski
language : en
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Release Date : 2015-07-15
The Great Fire Of London written by Sarah Machajewski and has been published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
In September 1666, a small fire broke out at the king's bakery in London, England, in the early morning. Several fateful factors worked together to turn this small blaze into a catastrophic conflagration that changed the city forever. This riveting account of a city set ablaze is supported by primary sources such as maps, diaries, and royal proclamations. Readers will be fascinated by old-fashioned firefighting techniques and people's reactions as the fire spread and burned for days. Images of London on fire will ignite their imaginations and further enable them to understand this era and setting in European history.
The Great Fire Of London
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Author : Stephen Porter
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2011-11-08
The Great Fire Of London written by Stephen Porter and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-08 with History categories.
The Great Fire of London was the greatest catastrophe of its kind in Western Europe. Although detailed fire precautions and fire-fighting arrangements were in place, the fire raged for four days and destroyed 13,200 houses, 87 churches and 44 of the City of London's great livery halls. The 'great fire' of 1666 closely followed by the 'great plague' of 1665; as the antiquary Anthony Wood wrote left London 'much impoverished, discontented, afflicted, cast downe'. In this comprehensive account, Stephen Porter examines the background to 1666, events leading up to and during the fire, the proposals to rebuild the city and the progress of the five-year programme which followed. He places the fire firmly in context, revealing not only its destructive impact on London but also its implications for town planning, building styles and fire precautions both in the capital and provincial towns.
The Plague And The Great Fire Of London
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Author : M Q Publications
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-02-01
The Plague And The Great Fire Of London written by M Q Publications and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-02-01 with categories.
The City Remembrancer
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Author : Gideon Harvey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1769
The City Remembrancer written by Gideon Harvey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1769 with London (England) categories.
The City Remembrancer
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Author : Gideon Harvey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1769
The City Remembrancer written by Gideon Harvey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1769 with London (Angleterre) categories.
My Story The Great Plague
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Author : Pamela Oldfield
language : en
Publisher: Scholastic UK
Release Date : 2012-03-01
My Story The Great Plague written by Pamela Oldfield and has been published by Scholastic UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
A time of horror has come to London. In one terrible summer, more than 15% of its population will perish. As the bubonic plague ravages London's streets, mercilessly plucking up victims and filling the plague pits with corpses, 13-year-old Alice Paynton records the outbreak in her diary. "It seems that in the past week 700 people have died of the plague. So the plague has well and truly come to London... One of the houses in the next street had a red cross painted on the door. Above the cross someone had chalked Lord Have Mercy Upon Us." Alice's chilling diary brings alive one of the darkest moments in British history: the Great Plague of 1665-1666.
Fire And Fever
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Fire And Fever written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Black Death categories.