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Subject(s)

• Plague—Social aspects—England—Newcastle upon Tyne—History—17th century [Browse]
• Scriveners (Law)—England—Newcastle upon Tyne—Biography [Browse]
• Notaries—England—Newcastle upon Tyne—Biography [Browse]
• City and town life—England—Newcastle upon Tyne—History—17th century [Browse]
• Material culture—England—Newcastle upon Tyne—History—17th century [Browse]
• Medicine—History—17th century [Browse]
• Newcastle upon Tyne (England)—Biography [Browse]
• Newcastle upon Tyne (England)—Social conditions—17th century [Browse]
• Newcastle upon Tyne (England)—Social life and customs—17th century [Browse]
• Tailor, Ralph [Browse]

Summary note

The plague outbreak of 1636 in Newcastle upon Tyne was one of the most devastating in English history. This study looks in detail at its impact on the city through the eyes of a man who stayed as others fled: the scrivener Ralph Tailor.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Prologue
• Stories of the Plague
• The "destroying Angell" and "the eye of the North"
• Wildfire
• Diligence and care of magistrates
• Sent for to write
• Liveing a scrivener in the same towne
• The dialect of heaven
• Bequests and legacies
• The attentive presence of others
• Houshold stuffe
• Discords, variances, and suites
• Ralf Taylor notarie publicke
• Epilogue.

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ISBN

• 9780300174472 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
• 0300174470 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))

LCCN

2011008251

OCLC

706803938

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