List of plates; Editorial note; Introduction; 1. The rat and its relation to the history of plague; 2. The English setting for 'The Great Pestilence'; 3. Plague invades the British Isles; 4. 'The Great Pestilence' in Britain; 5. Plague and pestilence in the years 1350 to 1500; 6. The sixteenth century; 7. The first quarter of the seventeenth century; 8. The second quarter of the seventeenth century; 9. The second half of the seventeenth century; Appendices; Abbreviations; References; Bibliography; Index.
How the black rat introduced the bubonic plague into Britain, and the subsequent effects on social and economic life.
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