Black Death
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Plagues have existed throughout history, said Heeney, from the Black Death of the Middle Ages ages to the 1918-20 influenza pandemic which killed an estimated 25-50 million globally.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
And as Mr. Asbridge points out, thanks to the spread of the new technology that we call paper, there was rather more contemporary writing about the Black Death than previous disasters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Welcome to the challenges of writing the history of the Black Death, the great pandemic of bubonic plague that ravaged the late medieval world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
These fleas passed the infection from rats to humans, fueling the catastrophe known as the Black Death.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2026
A thousand years later the Black Death shook Europe to its foundations.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
