The Epidemics of the Middle Ages by J. F. C. Hecker and John Caius

1552. The treaty of Passau (petechial fever?) in the

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secures to the Protestants north of Germany. equal rights with the 1551. Dry and cold spring; Catholics. hot and wet summer. Inundations, 1547–1553. Edward VI. nine earthquakes, meteors, years old. The Duke of mock suns, great tempests, Somerset governs the kingdom summer fogs. as Protector. The Reformation 1551. Malignant fever in Swabia: is favoured, and plague in Spain. makes progress. Influenza.