The Great Dying: The Black Death in Dublin
Book Details
Author(s)
Maria Kelly
Publisher
Tempus
ISBN / ASIN
075242338X
ISBN-13
9780752423388
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Sales Rank
#3,755,858
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
Between August and December 1348, 14,000 people died in Dublin from the plague, a rate of 100 a day. This horrendous disease was carried to its victims by rats, and once infected, those victims could die within 3 days. This is the only book to investigate the disease and its effects specifically in Dublin. Maria Kelly examines the fear, panic, and superstition surrounding the outbreak that many believed was a punishment from God for their sins.
