Partying through the Plague with the London Livery Companies

In 1603, plague struck London. Theatres were closed, public gatherings were banned, and the people of London took to their homes. Or…most of them did. Dr Lucy Holehouse from Royal Holloway, University of London, shows how the London livery companies’ 1603 private entertainments provide insight into the ways ‘tradition’ has historically been used to circumvent restrictive laws in epidemics.

Join us in-person: For access to the event, please use the West Wing entrance to Guildhall Library via Guildhall Yard.

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