Journal of Social History, Vol. 45, No. 3, The Hidden History of Crime, Corruption, and States (Spring 2012), pp. 809-834 (26 pages) The outbreak of bubonic plague that struck London and Westminster ...
Eyam is best known for the devastating plague outbreak of 1665-1666. The disease - likely carried in a flea-infested bundle of cloth from London - arrived in the village, prompting an extraordinary ...