Invasion of the Black Death
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Medicine, Health, Economics, Disasters, Natural Phenomena
- Subcategories: Epidemics, Diseases
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, Western Civilization/European History
- Geographical Location: England, Czech Republic, Poland, France, Spain, Italy, Romania
- Date: 1347-1352
Article abstract: The invasion of the Black Death creates physical and psychological devastation, bringing an end to the medieval period and Church domination and ushering in numerous social and economic reforms.
Summary of Event
Apparently originating near Delhi in the 1330’s, the plague spread to southern Asia by 1346, and to the cities of Kaffa and probably Constantinople by the end of the following year. Merchants traveling from Kaffa and probably from Constantinople effectively transmitted the plague to the ports of Genoa and Venice in northern...
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