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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... monastery for 9 years , 11 months and 11 days ( at which time there were 42 monks and 7 lay brothers , not counting himself ) , he died in the great pestilence , along with 32 monks and lay brothers . This pestilence grew so strong in ...
... monastery for 9 years , 11 months and 11 days ( at which time there were 42 monks and 7 lay brothers , not counting himself ) , he died in the great pestilence , along with 32 monks and lay brothers . This pestilence grew so strong in ...
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... monastery has been so oppressed and so gravely damaged by various misfortunes which have affected it , and particularly because pirates have done enormous damage to the Isles of Scilly , which used to produce no small part of the ...
... monastery has been so oppressed and so gravely damaged by various misfortunes which have affected it , and particularly because pirates have done enormous damage to the Isles of Scilly , which used to produce no small part of the ...
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... monastery , and that the abbot and monastery owned them , as described above . But they claimed that this did not mean that the abbot need not answer them , because it did not alter the fact that he had committed an offence in taking ...
... monastery , and that the abbot and monastery owned them , as described above . But they claimed that this did not mean that the abbot need not answer them , because it did not alter the fact that he had committed an offence in taking ...
Contents
The fourth pestilence 137479 88 | 11 |
NARRATIVE ACCOUNTS 1 | 14 |
The plague in Florence | 26 |
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