The Impact of Plague in Tudor and Stuart England by Paul Slack

The Impact of Plague in Tudor and Stuart England by Paul Slack

This is a classic study of a disease which had a profound impact on the history of 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.

This is a harrowing and compelling bookIt is an exceptionally fine piece of social history; a sensitive, mature and deeply humane exploration of a social problem and its consequences for social history of the period. * Keith Wrightson, Times Literary Supplement *
I have read this book with pleasure and admiration: pleasure in the rich and interesting detail; admiration for a scholarly work on an important subject of English social history. * Hugh Trevor-Roper, Sunday Times *
Paul Slack has written the definitive social history of Tudor and Stuart plague. * Times Higher Education Supplement *

Slack, Paul: -

Paul Slack is a British historian. He is a former principal of Linacre College, Oxford; pro-vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford; and professor of early modern social history at the University of Oxford.

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ISBN 13	9780198202134
ISBN 10	019820213X
Title	The Impact of Plague in Tudor and Stuart England
Author	Paul Slack
Series	Clarendon Paperbacks
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	1990-12-13
Number of pages	460
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