EARLY RENAISSANCE Great Bubonic Plague of London CHILD RING Black Death 15-17th

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EARLY RENAISSANCE Great Bubonic Plague of London CHILD RING Black Death 15-17th
EARLY RENAISSANCE Great Bubonic Plague of London CHILD RING Black Death 15-17th
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Description
·Item: Great Plague of London Ring, European Child's Ring
·Date: Early Renaissance, 15th-17th century
·Material: Bronze
·Size: 2.5
·Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity
·Pictures are actual
About the Ring:
Revolutionary in its construction, the band of rolled brass and bronze, with a pattern imparted by the roller. The bronze flower bud top was cast separately and the two were joined by brazing. The process of rolling was in place in the 15th century.
Child mortality was indigenous to the culture and it was expected – barely half of the population lived to adulthood. Burial in the church brought you close to God, but space was limited and those nearer our hearts had priority over those whose names were forgotten. Graves were periodically dug up, and the bones removed to storage, making space for newcomers. It happened all over Europe, north to south and no jewelry is preserved with the bones. From extensive research of the time period, it is believed this ring was produced in England and recovered from the grave of a child who perished in the Great Plague of 1655-56 in London.
The Great Plague:
Lasting from 1665 to 1666, was the last major epidemic of the bubonic plague to occur in England. It happened within the centuries-long time period of the Second Pandemic, an extended period of intermittent bubonic plague epidemics which began in Europe in 1347, the first year of the Black Death, an outbreak which included other forms such as pneumonic plague, and lasted until 1750.
The Great Plague killed an estimated 100,000 people, almost a quarter of London's population in 18 months. The plague was caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium, which is usually transmitted through the bite of an infected rat flea.
The 1665–66 epidemic was on a far smaller scale than the earlier Black Death pandemic; it was remembered
afterward
as the "great" plague mainly because it was the last widespread outbreak of bubonic plague in England during the 400-year timespan of the Second Pandemic.
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