Paul (Reader in Modern History and Fellow, Reader in Modern History and Fellow, Exeter College, Oxford) Slack
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Paul (Reader in Modern History and Fellow, Reader in Modern History and Fellow, Exeter College, Oxford) Slack,
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Paul Slack
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9780198202134
The Impact of Plague in Tudor and Stuart England
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Paperback, 460 blz.
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Engels
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1990
ISBN13: 9780198202134
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Clarendon Paperbacks
Levertijd ongeveer 11 werkdagen
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Samenvatting
This is a classic study of a disease which had a profound impact on the history of Tudor and Stuart England. Plague was both a personal affliction and a social calamity, regularly decimating urban populations. Paul Slack vividly describes the stresses which plague imposed on individuals, families, and whole communities, and the ways in which people tried to explain, control, and come to terms with it.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780198202134
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:460
Hoofdrubriek:Geschiedenis, Mens en maatschappij
Serie:Clarendon Paperbacks
Inhoudsopgave
List of tables; List of figures; Preface; Conventions; Part I. Perspectives: Disease and society; Attitudes and actions; Part II. The dimensions of the problem; The chronology of epidemics 1485-1665; The local context; The urban impact; Metropolitan crises; Counting the costs; Part III. The social response: Public authority and a policy for control; Controversy and compromise; Towns under stress; Police and people; The end of plague 1665-1722; Conclusion; Abbreviations; Notes; Index