The Black Plague

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Throughout history mankind has experienced many disasters that have caused millions of casualties. None of these, however, were nearly as catastrophic as the bubonic plague that ravaged Medieval Europe for three hundred years. (Davis 142) Historians can not agree on a specific number to represent the casualties, but it was around an estimated 25 million deaths, or one quarter to one forty percent of the total population in Europe. (Cantor 482) This had a devastating effect on Europe. …

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