The impact of plague in Tudor and Stuart England

A study of the plague, and its impact on Tudor and Stuart England. Paul Slack describes the stresses which the disease imposed on individuals, families, and whole communities, and the ways in which people tried to explain, control, and come to terms with it. This is a classic study of a disease which had a profound impact in 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. Paul Slack. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 344-425.