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With the leadership of Lehigh, Free Library of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania Libraries, the consortium has virtually made available nearly all the region’s medieval manuscripts, including descriptive metadata, which have been released into the public domain and are easily downloadable at high resolution. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.įeel free to get in touch: Hacken byu.The recently completed project is called Bibliotheca Philadelphiensis: Toward a Comprehensive Online Library of Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts in PACSCL Libraries in Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware. The documents quoted below give good evidence of the style in which the better class of houses was built during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.ġ212 Ordinance to Prevent Fire, when the ordinance of 1189 didn't work.ĮuroDocs Creator: Richard Hacken, European Studies Librarian,

Building Ordinance for the City of London to Prevent Fire.(1121 Old English, French and Latin facsimiles) Great fire in London.įrom the DeGreorio Collection of Antiquities in cooperation with ARTSTOR. Canute, son of Swein of Denmark and Carl Hacco attack York. This map, completed in 1677, shows the remains of the city after the Great Fire.įrom the British Library (1667 facsimile)

#BLACK DEATH MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS MANUAL#

This teacher's manual includes a hearth tax, an order from Charles II for a survey of the city after the fire, a map of London after the fire, and Charle's II's declaration to London. Other accounts found HERE (3-10 September, 1666 English facsimiles)

The Great Fire of London as reported in the London GazetteĪ contemporary and detailed eyewitness account.

"The stones of Paules flew like granados, the Lead mealting down the streetes in a streame, & the very pavements of them glowing with a fiery rednesse, so as nor horse nor man was able to tread on them." "All the sky was of a fiery aspect, like the top of a burning oven, and the light seen above 40 miles round about for many nights." In 17th century London fires were common, but none of them had spread so widely or caused as much damage as this."įrom the British Library (1666 English facsimile) "The fire had started in a baker’s shop in Pudding Lane on September 2. (1665-1666 English written and illustrated facsimiles) London lost roughly 15% of its population. This was the worst outbreak of plague in England since the black death of 1348.

London's Response to the Great Plague of 1665-1666."As soon as the Plague appeared in London, so did quack doctors selling fake remedies."įrom the British Library (1665 English facsimile) The most important result of the pestilence was the dearth of labour which was immediately caused, and the consequent rise in wages was a source of considerable trouble to the legislature and to all employers of labour.įrom Elfinspell (1350 English transcription) Regulations Concerning Wages and Prices in London, in the wake of the Black Death.See also the State of Laborers, the vain attempt to enforce the Ordinance.įrom the Internet History Sourcebook (1349 English) It also shows the beginnings of the redefinition of societal roles. This chronicle, written at the cathedral priory of Rochester between 13, includes a firsthand account of the Black Death, describing the changes in the everyday lives of people across the social scale.įrom the British Library (1348 facsimilie)Ī vain attempt by the king to freeze wages paid to laborers at their pre-plague levels, the ordinance is indicative of the labor shortage caused by the Black Death. The account tells how relatives of the dead had to carry the corpses themselves to open mass graves.įrom the British Library (1314 facsimile)įrom History of England by Henry Knighton A firsthand account of the Black Death written at the Cathedral of Rochester.EuroDocs > History of the United Kingdom: Primary Documents > UK Sources by Topic > UK: Plague and PestilenceĮyewitness accounts of historic events from the Black Plague to the Crusades to Columbus’ discovery of AmericaĮyeWitness to History (585-1597 English transcription)