June
11
/ 2024
Following the devastating Great Fire of London in 1666 , the city faced immediate and long-lasting repercussions. The fire, which began at a bakery on Putting Lane, quickly engulfed the majority of London, leaving 80% of the city in ruins and displacing 65,000 people. Amidst the chaos , exacerbated by ongoing conflicts with France and the Netherlands, paranoia gripped the populace. Immigrants became targets of violence, with rumors blaming them for the fire. Anti-French sentiments led to attacks on individuals of French descent, while Catholics were scapegoated, further dividing an already fractured society. Fighting the Flaming Wrath - The Great Fire of London, 1666 Here is What it Would Have Been Like to be Caught in the Great Fire of
