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Pandemics in the Parish

The medieval approach to emergency planning may offer lessons for the 21st century.

Claire Kennan | Published in History Today Volume 71 Issue 6 June 2021

Fear of Plague in the House of Fitzeisulf, a detail from Trinity Chapel window, Canterbury Cathedral, 14th century.
Fear of Plague in the House of Fitzeisulf, a detail from Trinity Chapel window, Canterbury Cathedral, 14th century. Alamy.

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