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The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic, which reached England in June 1348. It was the first and most severe manifestation of the second pandemic, caused by Yersinia pestis bacteria. The term Black Death was not used until the late 17th century.
Mar 10, 2011 · The Black Death entered south-western England in Summer 1348 and by all accounts struck Bristol with shocking force. 'In this year, 1348, in Melcombe in the county of Dorset, a little before...
2 days ago · Black Death, pandemic that ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351, taking a proportionately greater toll of life than any other known epidemic or war up to that time. The Black Death is widely thought to have been the result of plague, caused by infection with the bacterium Yersinia pestis.
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- It is not known for certain how many people died during the Black Death. About 25 million people are estimated to have died in Europe from the plag...
- The Black Death is believed to have been the result of plague, an infectious fever caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. The disease was likely...
- The plague that caused the Black Death originated in China in the early to mid-1300s and spread along trade routes westward to the Mediterranean an...
- Yersinia causes three types of plague in humans: bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic. Although there is DNA evidence that Yersinia was present in vi...
- The effects of the Black Death were many and varied. Trade suffered for a time, and wars were temporarily abandoned. Many labourers died, which dev...
- The Black Death has also been called the Great Mortality, a term derived from medieval chronicles’ use of magna mortalitas. This term, along with m...
The Black Death was the second great natural disaster to strike Europe during the Late Middle Ages (the first one being the Great Famine of 1315–1317) and is estimated to have killed 30% to 60% of the European population, as well as approximately 33% of the population of the Middle East.
Jan 20, 2021 · The Black Death had a catastrophic impact as it swept across Europe in the 1340s, and it remains the deadliest pandemic in human history. Between 30-50% of the population in Europe was killed: England was not excluded from a high death toll and the devastating impacts of such a pandemic.
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On the eve of the Black Death, the Kingdom of England contained nearly 6 million inhabitants distributed on a territory of 130,500 km 2, and, thus, living at an average density of about 40–45 persons/km 2. This is somewhat higher than in Italy and France, and may suggest that scholars arguing for a lower range of population size, 5–6 ...
Feb 17, 2011 · Black Death: The lasting impact. By Professor Tom James. Last updated 2011-02-17. The long term effects of the Black Death were devastating and far reaching. Agriculture, religion, economics and...
