Event Title
Start Date
27-4-2020 9:00 AM
End Date
27-4-2020 10:00 AM
Disciplines
European History
Subjects
Plague -- England -- History -- 16th century, Plague -- England -- 16th century -- Effect on mental health, Plague -- England -- Social aspects
Description
Following the Black Plague in the 1300s, all of Europe slowly began to return to its previous state, that is, until being struck by another plague in the 1500s. The bubonic plague was back again, and this time it was doing more than killing the population, it was leaving survivors with the disadvantage of extremely poor mental health. Reexamining the mental state of civilians reveals that this disadvantage may have been more destructive than the population decline.
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/32886
Included in
A Secret Plague: How the Decline of Mental Health During the Great Plague Created an Undetected Epidemic
Following the Black Plague in the 1300s, all of Europe slowly began to return to its previous state, that is, until being struck by another plague in the 1500s. The bubonic plague was back again, and this time it was doing more than killing the population, it was leaving survivors with the disadvantage of extremely poor mental health. Reexamining the mental state of civilians reveals that this disadvantage may have been more destructive than the population decline.