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The London Plague of 1665

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ABC-CLIO. Great Fire of London. 2013. ABC-CLIO. 13 December 2012. <http://worldgeography.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/1125862?terms=great+fire> The article was about the Great Fire of London. It was one of the reasons that the London Plague stopped. Less than 10 fatalities were confirmed from the fire. It took four days to put out the fire (September 2-5, 1666) Boghurst, William, and Joseph Frank Payne. Loimographia: An Account of the Great Plague of London in the Year 1665. New York: AMS, 1979. Print. This is an account and is a primary document. It has details on how the plague was affecting everyone. It also described how the streets reeked of rotting flesh and how horrible living was. Britain Express. The London Plague of 1665. n.d. 14 December 2012. <http://www.britainexpress.com/History/plague.htm>. This article gives a quick summary of what happened during the London Plague 1665. It stated how the wealthy fled the city, and how the rest of the city was closed in. Facts are stated, such as average of fatalities per week. "Great Fire of London 1666." The Stuarts. N.p., Nov. 2000. 13 December. 2013. <http://www.historyonthenet.com/Stuarts/great_fire.htm>. This is a detailed timeline of the events during the Great Fire. It gave details and side notes of the event. Historic UK. The Great Plague. n.d. 14 December 2012.<http://historicuk.com/HistoricUK?HistoryofEngland/The-Great-Plague/>. This article supplies many facts on the Great Plague. Most of the facts are on fatalities. Others include important dates within the Plague, such as when it started. Hodges, Nath. "Loimologia, Or, An Historical Account of the Plague in London in 1665 : With Precautionary Directions against the like Contagion." Loimologia, Or, An Historical Account of the Plague in London in 1665 : With Precautionary Directions against the like Contagion. N.p., 1665. Web. 13 Dec. 2012. <http://archive.org/stream/loimologiaorhist00hodg>. This site had a web-version of Loimologia which is an account of the London plague similar to Loimographia only it has comments from historians. National Archives UK. The Great Plague of 1665-6. 2012. 13 December 2012. <http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/lesson49.htm>.

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This particular article contains information that was stated in other articles, only it was stated more factually. Contains amount dead and when the plague was at its worst. "Plague." Plague. Ed. A.D.A.M. Editorial Board. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 18 Nov. 2000. Web. 13 Dec. 2012. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001622/>. This site helped me get more information on the Bubonic Plague. This website contained information like symptoms and such. It was really helpful for research on the plague. Steven, Strom. Great Plague. 2000. ABC CLIO. 13 December 2012. <http://worldgeography.abcclio.com/Search/Display/1125928?terms=Bubonic+Plague+London>. This article gives an overview to the plague itself. It gives the basic factual overview (fatalities). This article also states that the court was forced to leave for their safety. Whitworth, Damian. My Heroes By Sir Ranulph Fiennes. 13 October 2011. EBSCOhost. December 2012.<http://web.ebschost.com/src/detail?vid=4&hid=25&sid=8a643dafc7b6-4122-8d07d272a7ec67aa%40sessionmgr13&bdata=JnNpdGU9c3JjLWxpdmU%3d#db=nfh&AN=7 EH52276356>. This is an essay that was posted in the (United Kingdom) Times. It is saying how the townspeople of Eyam decided that instead of risking spreading the disease locked themselves from the world until there were no more fatalities due to the plague.