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Black Death

The burial of the victims of the plague in Tournai. Fragment of a miniature from "The Chronicles of Gilles Li Muisis" (1272-1352), abbot of the monastery of St. Martin of the Righteous. Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, MS 13076-77, f. 24v.
Black Death spreading across Europe 1347-1353

The Black Death (1346-1353) was a pandemic in Europe and Asia during the 14th century.

This outbreak of disease killed between 25 million and 50 million people across Europe.[1][2] It was at its worst between 1347 and 1351.

At the time, 14th-century European writers called the pandemic the "Great Mortality". After later epidemics, it was named "the Black Death."

  1. ↑ Benedictow, Ole (2021). The complete history of the Black Death. Suffolk, UK: The Boydell Press. p. 876. ISBN 978-1-78744-931-2.
  2. ↑ "Bubonic Plague". The Cleveland Clinic. June 17, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2024.

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