History of London

I found the first lecture on the history of London quite interesting. The points that interested me most were The Great Plague of 1665 and The Fire of London in 1666. I can’t imagine how the people must have felt from the Bubonic plague. The way that it must have affected families and individuals must have been heart wrenching. The feeling of always being on edge and never knowing if you were going to survive threw it or not. I could never imagine having the symptoms that they had such as the chills, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and the disgusting formation of bubbles on the skin. It must have been so challenging living in a time period where there wasn’t much medical help and so you just had to see if you could tough if out and make it. Only the topic of the fire in London, it is so devastating that that it burned for five days. At least not many people died from it, but to experience the worst fire in London must have been a sight to see. I found it fascinating that more people have jumped from the top of the monument to the fire than were actually killed in it. Since my major is Fashion Merchandising which focuses on the business of the fashion industry, the only connection I can think of is that people must have not focused on fashions since their lives were at stake. I knew London had so much history, but it was appealing to find out the specifics of that history and how the people of London incorporate what has happened in the past into their culture so well.