How England first managed a national infection crisis: Implementation of the Plague Orders of 1578 compared with COVID-19 Lockdown March to May 2020
The current COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown in the UK have parallels with the first ever national management of epidemic infection in England, the Plague Orders of 1578. Combining historical research of the Tudor and Stuart periods with information sources and broadcast news as the epidemic in Englan...
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Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-01-01
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Series: | Social Sciences and Humanities Open |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590291121000073 |