What Life Was REALLY Like During the Great Plague of London | Boring History for Sleep

Hey guys! We're now live on Spotify. 🎧 Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/show/3K57vHe... Thank you so much for your support! ❤️ Your support means the world. https://buymeacoffee.com/snoozetorian London in 1665 became a city of shuttered houses, deserted streets, overflowing burial grounds, and weekly death counts that terrified anyone still reading them. The Great Plague killed more than 100,000 Londoners by some historical estimates, with deaths reaching their worst levels during the late summer and early autumn. In this video, we explore what everyday life was really like during the Great Plague of London. Infected homes could be sealed for 40 days, marked with a red cross and the words “Lord have mercy upon us,” while watchmen guarded the occupants inside. Searchers inspected bodies for signs of plague, parish officials delivered necessities, and the dead were often collected at night for burial. We’ll also look at the people who fled including Charles II and much of the royal court the workers who lost their livelihoods as trade collapsed, and the poorer Londoners who had little choice but to remain. By September 1665, official records reported more than 7,000 plague deaths in a single week. From quarantine and plague pits to fear, unemployment, religious belief, and desperate attempts to stop infection, this is what survival really looked like during one of London’s deadliest disasters. Resources The Great Plague of 1665–1666 – The National Archives – https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/e... Great Plague of 1665–1666 – The National Archives – https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/e... Plague – The National Archives – https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/e... Epidemics and the Built Environment in 1665 – Centre for Metropolitan History, Institute of Historical Research – https://archives.history.ac.uk/cmh/ep...