LEITH 1645 A VISITATION OF THE PLAGUE
Oct 10, 2020
2 minutes
uring the years 1644-49, outbreaks of the plague devastated large parts of Scotland. Understanding of what caused the disease was poor and many viewed it as a manifestation of divine wrath. Centuries of facing up to waves of the pestilence, from the time of the Black Death of 1350, had, however, led to national measures focusing on quarantining people and goods,
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