The Great Sickness: Plague Returns in Tudor England

While Henry VIII's marital dramas dominate the history books, a far deadlier enemy stalked Tudor England: the plague. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the devastating return of bubonic plague during the 16th century — how it moved, how the government responded, and what ordinary people endured. They trace the 1563 London outbreak that killed a quarter of the city's population, the quarantine measures that foreshadowed modern public health, and the grim arithmetic of the Bills of Mortality. Along the way, they meet plague doctors in their beaked masks, the 'searchers of the dead' who inspected corpses, and the village of Eyam whose self-sacrifice stopped the spread. A somber but fascinating look at how Tudor England faced — and survived — its worst biological threat. #TudorPlague #BubonicPlague #1563Outbreak #BillsOfMortality #PlagueDoctor #Eyam #Quarantine #PublicHealth #TudorMedicine #LondonHistory #HenryVIII #ElizabethI #PlaguePits #SearchersOfTheDead #ContagionTheory #EarlyModernEpidemic #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo