Contours of Death and Disease in Early Modern England

Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time

by Mary J. Dobson

This book provides a penetrating account of death and disease in early modern England. Using a wide range of sources for the southeast of England, the author highlights the tremendous variation in levels of mortality across geographical contours and across two centuries of time. She explores the epidemiological causes and consequences of these mortality variations, and offers the reader a fascinating insight into the way patients and practitioners perceived, understood and reacted to the multitude of fevers, poxes and plagues in past times.

Genres: History

672 pages, Paperback

First published June 28, 1997