The Lancashire Plague Petitions
(2024)
Journal Article
Anderson, R. (2024). The Lancashire Plague Petitions. American Historical Review, 129(4), 1640-1667. https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/rhae465
Historians typically explore the resilience of past societies in terms of large-scale outcomes like population levels. In contrast, this paper explores the process of recovering from outbreaks of plague in smaller communities, households, and even by... Read More about The Lancashire Plague Petitions.