The Great plague Plague has been in England for centuries but it really affected England in 1665-1666. The plague was brought down in 1666 when badly infected areas were burned down. The country of England was growing in population so a lot of people were living in poverty. Because of this the only way to get rid of rubbish was to throw it in the streets and that included human waste. All this rubbish brought in rats and the plague started to spread because of fleas. The first case was in the
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Paper # 2: The Great Plague “An event of great agony is bearable only in the belief that it will bring about a better world. When it does not‚ as in the aftermath of another vast calamity in 1914-18‚ disillusion is deep and moves on to self-doubt and self-disgust‚” stated by Barbara W. Tuchman‚ A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century. The Great Plague was the worst outbreak in England since the black death of 1348. The Great Plague began in 1665 until 1666 that lead to 68‚596
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14Th Century Europe was a period of chaos and turmoil. The Great Famine of 1315-1317 produced the worst famine in the Middle Ages that killed millions of people all over Europe. The onset of the Bubonic Plague (“Black Death”) only made things worse. The Black Death swept throughout Europe and killed as much as two fifths of the already diminished European population. The Black Death effected Europe politically‚ socially‚ and economically. Europeans responded to the Black Death differently. We got
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Great Fire off London Did you know that the Great Fire of London of September 1666 was one of the most famous incidents in Stuart England. It was the second tragedy to hit the city in the space of 12 months. Just as the city was recovering from the Great Plague‚ the inhabitants had to flee the city once again – this time not as a result of a disease‚ but the result of as human accident. The Great Fire of London‚ arguably‚ left a far greater mark on the city when compared to the plague. The fire
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seventeenth-century Londoners vacillated between seeing the Great Fire of London as an act of terrorism and an act of god. What were the major components of these explanations and why were contemporaries so eager to search for a reason for the calamity other than simple accident. Was the Great fire of London an act of terrorism or an act of God? There are numerous explanations that attribute to the belief in either. London in the seventeenth century was no paradise and was actually a quite unpleasant
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The Plague struck Europe in a series of waves beginning from the mid-1400s. During that time‚ people didn’t know the filth they lived in and the unsanitized streets caused the spread of the plague. It is estimated that the first wave killed 25 million people‚ which is about one third of the population of Western Europe. Sporadic but deadly outbreaks continued throughout Europe into the eighteenth century. The plague didn’t regard any status‚ age or even gender. During Plague there were also many
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The Great Plague in London of 1665 Although people proposed a variety of causes for the great plague in London of 1665‚ the effects of the plague were certainly catastrophic. Europe experienced many outbreaks of plague prior to the year of 1665. Unfortunately‚ no one was quite sure what exactly caused the plague‚ which devastated each person who was affected. The effects of the plague on society wreaked havoc on victims both socially and physically. Consequently‚ Londoners were forced to try
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time in London‚ cities did not have the sewage systems and cleanliness people have today. Disease and germs were floating in the people’s water and sitting on doors‚ tables‚ and chairs. Because of these things‚ the Bubonic Plague of London was started. But was hygiene the only reason the plague was started? And what is the Bubonic Plague? During the Renaissance time period‚ the Bubonic Plague killed many people in London‚ and this paper will state what caused it‚ the symptoms of the plague‚ and the
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people died or ⅓ or England‚ The plague spread due to the middle of the street‚ was where people emptied their waste. People thought that the plague came from God and had no understanding of germs that actually caused it. It had a significant impact in the areas of physical suffering‚ business and how society worked. The way the city was built was why the plague spread so quick. The plague was brought through the slave trade and when it reached London‚ the plague spread rapidly due to the middle
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playwrights would soon become more common in 1695. During this time of theatre development‚ the English colony of America was just being settled with the voyage of the Mayflower. But in England in 1665‚ the Great Plague of London would occur‚ causing King Charles II to flee. The plague was estimated to kill about 200‚000
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