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1. The Plague in Britain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

Christopher Morris
Christopher Morris
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King's College, Cambridge
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The Historical Journal , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , March 1971 , pp. 205 - 215
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