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The Black Death was one of the worst natural disasters in history. In 1347 A.D., a great plague swept over Europe, ravaged cities causing widespread hysteria and death. One third of the population of Europe died.
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Black Death - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Black Death was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe between 1348 and 1350. It is widely thought to have been an outbreak of bubonic plague caused by the bacterium ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death
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The Black Plague : City College of New York. Features a slide show of Medieval images, and details the devastation of the black plague. Also offers an eyewitness account from 1357. ... The Pestilence Tyme : Describes the movement of the black plague over Medieval Europe, and offers a series ofessays and etchings...
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www.fidnet.com/~weid/plague.htm
www.fidnet.com/~weid/plague.htm
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Since China was one of the busiest of the world's trading nations, it was only a matter of time before the outbreak of plague in China spread to western Asia and Europe. In October of 1347, several Italian merchant ships returned from a trip to the Black Sea, one of the key links in trade with China.
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www.themiddleages.net/plague.html
www.themiddleages.net/plague.html
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For more information about the plague on this site, see: The Black Plague; Spreading of the Plague; I Saw the Death; The Medieval Miracles of Healing -- Medical Science; The Plague: an account from Boccaccio's The Decameron;
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www.themiddleages.net/life/blackdeath2.html
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Bubonic plague - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bubonic plague is the best known manifestation of the bacterial disease plague, caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Yersinia pestis (formerly known as Pasteurella pestis ). It belongs to the fa...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubonic_plague
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The Plague Approaches Europe ... Forms of Plague ... Historical Timing of the Plague...
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www.boisestate.edu/courses/westciv/plague/
www.boisestate.edu/courses/westciv/plague/
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By the following August, the plague had spread as far north as England, where people called it "The Black Death" because of the black spots it produced on the skin. A terrible killer was loose across Europe, and Medieval medicine had nothing to combat it.
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