The Great Plague In London (0)

Jüri Gümnaasium

THE GREAT PLAGUE IN LONDON
Research paper
Ervin Sagor 10.h Supervisor: Kristel Kriisa
Jüri
2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction 3
1Bubonic plague 4
1.1Symptoms 4
2Black death in England before the great plague 5
3City life before and during the plague 6
3.1Spreading of the plague 6
3.2Bring out your dead 7
4Protection from the plague 8
4.1Plague doctors 8
4.2Costume 8
5The ending of the plague 9
5.1The Great Fire of London 10
Conclusion 11
Literature used 12
Appendixes 13
Appendix 1 - London in the 17th century 13
Appendix 2 - A newspaper release during the plague 14
Appendix 3 15
Appendix 4 16
Appendix 5 17

Introduction

The history of England has always been fascinating for me and plague was one the most horrifying diseases in human history with millions of deaths across the world. That is why I chose the Great Plague as the topic of my research.
The purpose of my study is to educate myself and gain more knowledge on the history and find out how people lived in England in the seventeenth century.
For a start, I will give a short review what the bubonic plague is. Then I tell about Black Death in England before the Great Plague, city life before and during the plague. Secondly, I will examine how the plague reached Great Britain. After that I will describe how people dealt with the plague and what the government decided to do with the corpses.
Subsequently I will