London’s 1665 Plague: How the Bills of Mortality Shaped a City’s Survival

This episode explores how Londoners used weekly mortality ledgers to make life‑saving decisions during a deadly outbreak, examines contemporary religious and civic responses, and discusses why modern accounts sometimes blur fact and myth. It also looks at how the plague set the stage for the Great Fire that followed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices