Among the array of diseases which brought death to Tudor England,
the sweating sickness stood out, for the speed with which it
struck, its dreadful effects on its victims and the death rates
which it produced, that together generated a fear verging on panic
when it was identified. The sweating sickness attacked the cities,
towns and the countryside, not sparing the palaces. It threatened
everyone, from the king in his castle to the beggars at his gates,
including members of the dynasty and the political structure, the
courtiers and those who directed the government, the church and the
law. Contemporaries could do little more than make a bolt for it,
and that included the king and his closest advisors, who moved
furtively in a small group from one house to another away from
London. The principal epidemics came between 1485, when it made its
first appearance, and 1551, and it was confined to England and
Wales, apart from one major eruption across northern Europe in
1529. Known as the English disease, this rapidly acting virus
became Henry VIII's overriding fear, aggravating his well-known
hypochondria and controlling his movements. The nature of the
sweating sickness, its incidence and impact are all examined in
this book, in the context not only of Tudor England and the
problems of the Henrician succession, but also in the context of
epidemic disease in Europe more widely. This book teases out the
similarities and differences between 'the sweat' and its
better-known, if equally feared, contemporary infectious disease,
bubonic plague.
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