The great plague : the story of London's most deadly year / A. Lloyd Moote and Dorothy C. Moote.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moote, A. Lloyd (Alanson Lloyd)

Contributor:

Moote, Dorothy C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plague--England--London--History--17th century.

Plague.

Epidemics--England--History.

Epidemics.

Plague--England--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Edition:

Johns Hopkins Paperbacks ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Underscoring the human dimensions of the epidemic, Lloyd and Dorothy Moote dramatically recast the history of the Great Plague and offer a masterful portrait of a city and its inhabitants besieged by--and defiantly resisting--unimaginable horror.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface; Prologue; PART I: Beginnings; 1. Winter, 1664-1665; 2. The Other London; 3. Signs and Sources; PART II: Confusion; 4. Fleeing or Staying?; 5. The Medical Marketplace; 6. Plague's Progress; PART III: The Abyss; 7. The Doctors Stumble; 8. Business Not as Usual; 9. Requiem for London; 10. Contagion in the Countryside; PART IV: Surviving; 11. The Web of Authority; 12. Not by Bread Alone; 13. The Awakening; Epilogue Of Once and Future Plagues; APPENDIX A. Bills of Mortality for Greater London

APPENDIX B. Parish Records of Saint Margaret WestminsterAPPENDIX C. Parish Records of Saint Giles Cripplegate; APPENDIX D. The Three Plague Pandemics; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-343) and index.

ISBN:

0-8018-9230-9

1-4356-9210-1

OCLC:

923192796