Impact of Plague in Tudor and Stuart England - Hardcover

Slack, Paul

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Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Paul Slack is at Exeter College, Oxford.

Review


"The best book about the history of medicine in England ever written. It is also an outstanding piece of social history."--Journal of Social History


"Paul Slack has written the definitive social history of Tudor and Stuart plague."--Times Higher Education Supplement


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9780198202134: The Impact of Plague in Tudor and Stuart England (Clarendon Paperbacks)

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ISBN 10:  019820213X ISBN 13:  9780198202134
Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1991
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