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- Thu Nov 26, 2020 4:23 pm
- Forum: Late Medeval c.1100-1500
- Topic: Q Deakin on consequences of the Black Death pandemic in Britain
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Q Deakin on consequences of the Black Death pandemic in Britain
‘One thing leads to another’ : the consequences of the Black Death ‘The only sure thing to be said about History is that one thing leads to another’..true of pandems.. BD = greatest single catastrophic event in human history...series of events 1346-53, ‘61, ‘69, ‘71, ‘93 1361 worse than the earlier ...
- Thu Nov 26, 2020 4:15 pm
- Forum: Early Modern c.1500-1750
- Topic: Liz Deakin talk on The Great Plague and The Story of Eyam
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Liz Deakin talk on The Great Plague and The Story of Eyam
Part 1 : Resurgence of Bubonic plague in the seventeenth century – the Great Plague This outbreak occurred during the early years of the Restoration. It began in the St Giles area of outer London at the end of 1664, reached a peak in the summer of 1665 and lasted approximately two years. This was th...
- Thu Nov 26, 2020 4:12 pm
- Forum: Wider historical themes
- Topic: Liz Deakin talk on The Great Plague and The Story of Eyam
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Liz Deakin talk on The Great Plague and The Story of Eyam
Part 1 : Resurgence of Bubonic plague in the seventeenth century – the Great Plague This outbreak occurred during the early years of the Restoration. It began in the St Giles area of outer London at the end of 1664, reached a peak in the summer of 1665 and lasted approximately two years. This was th...
- Wed Oct 21, 2020 1:16 pm
- Forum: Wider historical themes
- Topic: Pandemics - a recurring theme in history
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Pandemics - a recurring theme in history
Pandemics – a recurring theme in history Bubonic plague was (is!) one of those major deadly diseases that had a multi-century cycle of virulence (‘virulence’ being not quite the right word for a bacterial disease). It’s cycle was roughly three centuries. There were major outbreaks in the fourteenth ...
- Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:48 am
- Forum: Conservation and History in the News
- Topic: History in the spotlight - statues in Wales
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History in the spotlight - statues in Wales
History never seems to be far from the headlines these days, whether it's 'in the making' with the unfolding Covid Crisis or 'in the re-making' as in the debates over whether all honorary statues should still be for public exhibition. I'm in the camp that recognises this as a serious and important i...