The black death in London

by Sloane, Barney

Type Book

Rate 0.0 /5

Details

Files

Reviews

Download

Title Statements

Full title :The black death in London / Barney Sloane.

Summary

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.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2011

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):The History Press
Place of Publication:Stroud, Gloucestershire
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011

The Physical Object

Description:223 p. : : ill., maps ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780752428291, 0752428292
oclc:on1038709818
LC Classification:RC178.G7

Introduction -- 1. The beginning -- 2. The pestilence in London -- 3. The great mortality -- 4. Pestilence in later fourteenth-century London -- 5. Social consequences of the plague -- Appendix. London's contribution to understanding the Black Death