The Black Death
Black Death
Europe, social conditions
Plague
Communicable diseases
Reference
Social conditions
Nonfiction
History
The Black Death is the name most commonly given to the pandemic of bubonic plague that ravaged the medieval world in the late 1340s. From Central Asia the plague swept through Europe, leaving millions of dead in its wake. Between a quarter and a third of Europe's population died. In England the popu…
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