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The term plague cross can refer to either a mark placed on a building occupied by victims of plague; or a permanent structure erected, to enable plague sufferers to trade while minimising the risk of contagion. A wide variety of plague cross existed in Britain and elsewhere in Europe, until the plague largely disappeared by the eighteenth century.
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The story, illustrated by the author, is set in England during the Middle Ages, as the Black Death (bubonic plague) is sweeping across the country. Ten-year-old Robin is to be sent away to become a knight like his father, but his dreams are endangered when he loses the use of his legs. A doctor reassures Robin that the weakness in his legs is ...
Vernon Heath (Edmondson) is a 49-year-old former front man for a punk rock band called "The Plague". [2] After living off his wife for the last two decades and spending most of his time in the pub, the two are getting a divorce, and Vernon is forced to move into a student flat in Kilburn, London, occupied by his children Max (Ed Coleman) and Milly (Laura Aikman), as well as their flatmate ...
Geoff McMartin and Chris McDonough reviewed Plague Fleet in White Wolf #38 (1993), rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that "Overall, I think Plague Fleet is a must-have for those who want to expand their Man O' War games. One can only hope that Games Workshop's next supplement, Sea of Blood, will be as good as this one." [1]
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According to traditional legend, the Black Death came to Denmark when a Norwegian plague ship from England stranded on Vendsyssel on Northern Jylland after all of its crew had died. [1] The plague years for Denmark are traditionally attributed as 1348–1349, because the Zealand Chronicle recorded these years as the plague years. [1]
In the last third of this tale, in an attempt to co-opt Gorgik the Liberator and bring him to heel as well as to distract the people from the “plague” that moves among them, the government invites Gorgik to join the ruling council as a minister — so that he must learn to conclude his battle as a politician rather than as an armed rebel.