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The King’s Sickness

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Mass superstition and paranoia quickly followed the new plague. The Battle of Bosworth Field had served as the end of the Wars of the Roses between the houses of Lancaster and York. Richard III, the final York king, was killed at this battle and Henry Tudor was crowned as Henry VII[1]. As chaos, grief, and anger spread, people searched for a culprit to blame for the newest plague. Since the first cases recognized were shortly following the Battle of Bosworth Field, the English people started to believe that the English Sweating Sickness was sent by God to punish those who supported the new reign of Henry VII[1].

Caused by Hantaviruses? Similarities

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Specific similarities between the English Sweating Sickness and diseases caused by various species of hantavirus indicate that a hantavirus may have been the cause of the sweating sickness. Hantavirus species are zoonotic diseases which are carried by bats, rodents, and several insectivores. There are indications that the English Sweating Sickness may have been rodent borne. Evidence of this includes the seasonal occurrences, fluctuations multiple times a year, and the occasional cases which occurred between major outbreaks. Other diseases carried by rodents demonstrate similar trends.

The epidemiology of hantavirus also correlates with the trends found in the English Sweating Sickness. Hantavirus infections generally did not strike infants, children, or the elderly, and most violently affected middle-aged adults. The infection of the English Sweating Sickness was also predominantly in people of middle age. This is opposite of the trend observed in most epidemics of the medieval ages, and this rare trend may indicate that the sweating sickness was caused by a hantavirus species.

Similar to the English sweating sickness, there was also intense sweating and fever noticed with the Picardy sweat.

The Picardy sweat was significantly less lethal than the English Sweat. However, the frequency of outbreaks were exceedingly higher, with over 196 outbreaks in France during the early 18th and end of the 19th century.

Furthermore, it was speculated that the English Sweating Sickness and the Picardy Sweat may both be caused by a species of hantavirus.

There were notable differences between the Picardy sweat and the English sweating sickness. Along with the rash observed in the Picardy sweat, the Picardy sweat appears to have had a different epidemiology than the English sweat. The English sweating sickness appeared to most heavily affect urban and highly populated areas, while the Picardy sweat was most prevalent in rural areas. It was noticed that individuals who slept close to the ground and/or lived on farms and fields more quickly contracted the disease. This supports the possibility that the disease could be rodent borne, common in hantaviruses.

Love letters to Anne Boleyn when she had the sickness- 9th, 10th, 11th

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Along with Thomas Cromwell’s family, it is believed more of the closest people to King Henry VIII contracted the English Sweating Sickness. In his love letters to his mistress, Anne Boleyn, it is revealed that physicians believed that Anne had contracted the illness. Henry VIII sent his most renowned physician to her aid and she survived.

One of King Henry VIIIs closest friends and advisors, Cardinal Wolsey, also contracted the illness and survived.

Henry VIII, King of England. The Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn; With Notes. Project Gutenberg.