The Black Death

virulence that the course of human history changed forever” (Wark). In its second pandemic, the bubonic plague, mostly referred to as the Black Death, wiped out almost a third of Europe’s population. The Black Death was a horrible tragedy that was responsible for many deaths and caused many changes in the 14th through 17th century. The bubonic plague could not have spread on it’s own: it needed help. For instance, natural disasters, such …

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