Black Death

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The Black Death was a devastating 14th-century pandemic of bubonic plague that killed tens of millions of people in Europe, Asia, and North Africa and profoundly reshaped medieval society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bubonic plague pandemic ⓘ
epidemic ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
pandemic ⓘ
affects human population ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Mortality ⓘ
linked to: Black Death

Great Plague ⓘ
caused changes in land use ⓘ
decline of serfdom in Western Europe ⓘ
economic contraction ⓘ
labor shortages in Europe ⓘ
persecution of Jewish communities ⓘ
psychological trauma ⓘ
religious movements and flagellant processions ⓘ
social unrest ⓘ
urban depopulation ⓘ
wage increases for peasants and workers ⓘ
documentedIn contemporary chronicles ⓘ
parish registers ⓘ
tax records ⓘ
endTime 1353 ⓘ
estimatedDeaths 200000000 ⓘ
75000000 ⓘ
hasCause Yersinia pestis ⓘ
hasDiseaseType bubonic plague ⓘ
pneumonic plague ⓘ
septicemic plague ⓘ
hasLocation Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
hasSymptom blackened skin lesions ⓘ
chills ⓘ
fever ⓘ
painful swollen lymph nodes ⓘ
vomiting ⓘ
influenced art in late Middle Ages ⓘ
literature in late Middle Ages ⓘ
religious thought in Europe ⓘ
majorOutbreakIn Byzantine Empire ⓘ
England ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
mortalityRate 30-60 percent of European population ⓘ
namedAfter blackened appearance of skin lesions ⓘ
originatesFrom Central Asia ⓘ
peakIn 1347 ⓘ
1348 ⓘ
1349 ⓘ
precedes subsequent plague epidemics in Europe ⓘ
relatedTo Justinianic Plague ⓘ
Third Plague Pandemic ⓘ
spreadAlong Mediterranean trade routes ⓘ
Silk Road ⓘ
linked to: Silk Road routes
startTime 1346 ⓘ
transmittedBy black rats ⓘ
fleas ⓘ
human-to-human respiratory droplets ⓘ

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Middle Ages → includesEvent → Black Death ⓘ
Edward III of England → significantEvent → Black Death in England ⓘ
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Black Death → alsoKnownAs → Great Mortality ⓘ
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Late Middle Ages → hasMajorEvent → Black Death ⓘ
Great Plague of London → partOf → Second plague pandemic ⓘ
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House of Plantagenet → notableEvent → Black Death in England ⓘ
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House of Valois → significantEvent → Black Death in France ⓘ
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Sean Bean → notableWork → Black Death ⓘ
Season of the Witch → hasTheme → Black Death ⓘ
Statute of Labourers 1351 → relatedToEvent → Black Death in England ⓘ
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Yersinia pestis → associatedPandemic → Black Death ⓘ
Justinianic Plague → followedBy → Black Death ⓘ
Peasants' Revolt of 1381 → after → Black Death in England ⓘ
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Ciompi Revolt → hasRelatedEvent → Black Death ⓘ
Kristin Lavransdatter → deathCause → Black Death ⓘ
The Decameron → historicalContext → Black Death ⓘ
Aître Saint-Maclou → associatedWith → Black Death ⓘ
Shaun Mark Bean → notableWork → Black Death ⓘ
Saint Roch → associatedWith → Black Death ⓘ
Pope Clement VI → inOfficeDuring → Black Death ⓘ
World Without End → theme → Black Death ⓘ
World Without End → mainTheme → Black Death ⓘ
subject linked to: Kingsbridge series
Late Medieval Ireland → significantEvent → Black Death in Ireland ⓘ
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Ambrogio Lorenzetti → causeOfDeath → Black Death ⓘ
History of the City of London → includesEvent → BlackDeathInLondon ⓘ
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Soviet naval infantry → nickname → Black Death ⓘ
The Seventh Seal → setDuring → Black Death ⓘ
Byzantine Empire under John VI Kantakouzenos → hasEvent → Black Death in the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
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Doomsday Book → settingEvent → Black Death ⓘ
Doomsday Book → depicts → Black Death pandemic ⓘ
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Emun Elliott → notableWork → Black Death ⓘ
subject linked to: Emun
St Mary’s Church, Ashwell → associatedEvent → Black Death in England ⓘ
linked to: Black Death
medieval England → significantEvent → Black Death ⓘ