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Timeline of significant events during and after the Black Death pandemic, from the arrival of the plague in Europe in 1347 to its subsequent spread throughout the continent over the next four years and the periodic recurrences of the plague in later decades of the 14th century.
29 lis 2021 · During the Black Death, many people prayed to St. Sebastian with hopes of eradicating the disease from everyday life making St. Sebastian a popular saint in Medieval art who was depicted in images like the one below from the church of Saint-Crepin-Ibouvillers in France.
10 sie 2022 · Before we go into the Black Death art, here’s a quick rundown of the Bubonic Plague. Throughout the 14th century, the Black Death devastated Europe and Asia. The Medieval Bubonic Plague is caused by Yersinia pestis, a bacterium.
16 kwi 2020 · The Black Death haunts the world as the worst-case scenario for the speed of disease's spread. It was the second pandemic caused by the bubonic plague, and ravaged Earth’s population.
5 kwi 2023 · The Black Death killed an estimated 25-30 million people. The disease originated in central Asia and was taken to the Crimea by Mongol warriors and traders. The plague then entered Europe via Italy , perhaps carried by rats or human parasites via Genoese trading ships sailing from the Black Sea.
Timeline. 1331-34: Plague outbreak in Southwestern China spreads through Asia to the Mediterranean. 1345: Plague occurs in Volga River basin and spreads through Eastern and Central Europe eventually reaching Constantinople the main trade link between Europe and Asia. 1347: Black plague reaches Italy.
23 paź 2024 · Black Death, pandemic that ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351, taking a proportionately greater toll of life than any other known epidemic or war up to that time. The Black Death is widely thought to have been the result of plague, caused by infection with the bacterium Yersinia pestis.
