Not Just the Tudors· Folge 538

Great Plague of London

Donnerstag, 11. Juni 2026 · 55 min

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<p>What effect did the Great Plague have on Londoners, their society and the wider state?</p><p>Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and Rebecca Rideal revisit the summer of 1665, as a few suspicious deaths grew into a crisis that swept through the city with devastating speed. Entire households vanished, fear curdled into suspicion, outsiders were written out of the official record - and Restoration England was reshaped forever.</p><br><p><strong>More:</strong></p><p><strong>Great Fire of London</strong></p><p><a href="podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/great-fire-of-lo…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Apple</a></p><p><a href="open.spotify.com/episode/6BIoxWafQ6wOgcKQrePO5…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Spotify</a></p><br><p><strong>Diary of Samuel Pepys</strong></p><p><a href="podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/diary-of-samuel-…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Apple</a></p><p><a href="open.spotify.com/episode/6mOwwFaI28SseHVNUMced…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Spotify</a></p><br><p>Presented by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Max Wintle, audio editor is Amy Haddow and the producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.</p><p>All music courtesy of Epidemic Sounds.</p><p><em>Not Just the Tudors is a History Hit podcast</em></p><br><p><strong>Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week, PLUS early access ad-free podcasts. Sign up at </strong><a href="historyhit.com/subscribe"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>historyhit.com/subscribe</u></strong&…;

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