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 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.
| ISBN: | 9780752433356 |
| Publication date: | 1st June 2005 |
| Author: | S Porter |
| Publisher: | The History Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 286 pages |
| Genres: |
History: plagues, diseases, famines Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made) European history: medieval period, middle ages Social and cultural history History of medicine Diseases and disorders |
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 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.
Lord Have Mercy Upon Us features in the following genres: History: plagues, diseases, famines, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made), European history: medieval period, middle ages, Social and cultural history, History of medicine, Diseases and disorders
Lord Have Mercy Upon Us is available in Paperback
Lord Have Mercy Upon Us was written by S Porter and published by The History Press
Lord Have Mercy Upon Us has 286 pages
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