The Black DeathRosemary Horrox A collection of documents written by those who lived and died in the mid-fourteenth century (1348-1350). It traces through contemporary writings of the impact of the Black Death in Europe with particular emphasis on its spread across England. |
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... father as he should who helps him in both his bodily and spiritual need , and so you should honour your father with bodily help and also help him spiritually , for he has need thereof . So the honour of father and mother stands ...
... father as he should who helps him in both his bodily and spiritual need , and so you should honour your father with bodily help and also help him spiritually , for he has need thereof . So the honour of father and mother stands ...
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... father and mother and , when constrained , still refuses to obey , they shall take him and lead him to the elders of the city and to the gate of judgement , and then they shall say to them , ' This our son is wicked and rebellious and ...
... father and mother and , when constrained , still refuses to obey , they shall take him and lead him to the elders of the city and to the gate of judgement , and then they shall say to them , ' This our son is wicked and rebellious and ...
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... father Banditon that a Jew called Provenzal , whom he didn't know , had , twelve weeks previously , given him some poison in a paper cornet and told him to put the poison in some well - used spring ; and he heard his father answer that ...
... father Banditon that a Jew called Provenzal , whom he didn't know , had , twelve weeks previously , given him some poison in a paper cornet and told him to put the poison in some well - used spring ; and he heard his father answer that ...
Contents
The fourth pestilence 137479 88 | 11 |
NARRATIVE ACCOUNTS 1 | 14 |
The plague in Florence | 26 |
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