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The Black Death: what was it, how did it start and what effect has it had?
"A historical turning point, as well as a vast human tragedy, the Black Death of 1346-53 is unparalleled in human history," said Ole J. Benedictow at History Today. It would take 200 years before ...
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Scientists Just Discovered The First Known Case Of The Plague In A 5,000-Year-Old Skeleton
The Black Death arrived on the shores of Europe like a tidal wave in 1346. Extremely infectious and deadly, it swept across the continent, devastating entire countries and killing millions.
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Plague transmission may have begun a century before the Black Death, study shows
was likely brought to the Middle East close to a hundred years before it caused the mass mortality events from 1346 to 1351 that we know as the Black Death. Some experts had previously believed ...
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History of the Plague
1894. "La peste bubonique à Hong Kong." Annales de l'Institut Pasteur 8: 662–67. Benedictow, Ole J. 2004. The Black Death 1346–1353: The Complete History. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. Benedictow, ...
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Causes and effects of the Black Death
I've been caring for patients of this horrible plague these last few months. Many other doctors have fled the city for fear of catching the disease, but it seems it is everywhere. A French doctor ...