A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume 1 (of 2): From A.D. 664 to the Extinction of PlagueCreighton, Charles
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A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume 1 (of 2): From A.D. 664 to the Extinction of Plague
Creighton, Charles
Epidemics -- Great Britain -- History
897 Mortality of men and cattle Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Florence
for three years during and of Worcester. Annales
after Danish invasion Cambriae (_anno_ 896)
962 Great mortality: “the great Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
fever in London”
976 Famine Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Roger of
Howden
984 } Famine. Fever of men and Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Roger of
986 } murrain of cattle Howden. Simeon of Durham.
987 } Malmesbury. _Gest. Pontif.
Angl._ p. 171. Flor. of
Worcester. Roger of Wendover,
_Flor. Hist._ Bromton (in
Twysden). Higden
1005 Desolation following expulsion Henry of Huntingdon
of Danes
1036 } Famine Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Henry of
1039 } Huntingdon
1044 Famine Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
1046 Very hard winter; pestilence Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
and murrain
1048 } Great mortality of men and Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (_sub
1049 } cattle anno_ 1049). Roger of Howden.
Simeon of Durham (_sub anno_
1048)
1069 Wasting of Yorkshire Simeon of Durham, ii. 188
1086 } Great fever-pestilence. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
1087 } Sharp famine Malmesbury. Henry of
Huntingdon, and most
annalists
1091 Siege of Durham by the Scots Simeon of Durham, ii. 339
1093 } Floods; hard winter; severe Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Annals
1095 } famines; universal of Winchester. William of
1096 } sickness and mortality Malmesbury. Henry of
1097 } Huntingdon. Annals of Margan.
Matthew Paris, and others
1103 } General pestilence and Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Roger of
1104 } murrain Wendover
1105 }
1110 } Famine Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Roger of
1111 } Wendover
1112 “Destructive pestilence” Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Annals
of Osney. Annales Cambriae
1114 Famine in Ireland; flight Annals of Margan
or death of people
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