Explore the history behind the bubonic plague that left Europe reeling from one of the greatest losses in 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, and in England the population fell from nearly six million to just over three million.
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Oldcastle Books The black death, paperback/sean martin
