Shut up – quarantine and social distancing during Tudor epidemics

 

With under lockdown in Ontario I thought this might be of use in a Social Science class.  From the National Archives UK,  "How did the state react to epidemic outbreaks during the Medieval and Early Modern period?

In this talk you'll learn about Henry VIII’s attitudes to infectious disease, Tudor social distancing, and the introduction of the first government quarantine measures in 1517 in response to repeated outbreaks of both plague and ‘sweating sickness’, as well as the widespread reaction to these measures.

The talk was delivered on 12 June 2020 by Dr Euan Roger, Principal Medieval Records Specialist at The National Archives."

Black Death and Napolean

I have posted about Mrs J and Mr B's youtube channel before.  To see this click here.  All their music is here but I came across one of their videos while I was helping a student find some information on the Black Plague for a student.  To see their video on Black Death see below.

And if you were in high school in the 80s you remember "Gone Daddy Gone" by the Violent Femmes.  Well if you are also teaching about Napolean, here is another one for you.  It is too bad Mrs J and Mr B are not putting out any more videos.