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.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Black Death canonical 17
Black Death in England 4
Black Death in France 1

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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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Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Middle Ages includesEvent Black Death
Edward III of England significantEvent Black Death in England
linked to: Black Death
Black Death alsoKnownAs Great Mortality
linked to: Black Death
Late Middle Ages hasMajorEvent Black Death
Great Plague of London partOf Second plague pandemic
linked to: Black Death
House of Plantagenet notableEvent Black Death in England
linked to: Black Death
House of Valois significantEvent Black Death in France
linked to: Black Death
Sean Bean notableWork Black Death
Season of the Witch hasTheme Black Death
Statute of Labourers 1351 relatedToEvent Black Death in England
linked to: Black Death
Yersinia pestis associatedPandemic Black Death
Justinianic Plague followedBy Black Death
Peasants' Revolt of 1381 after Black Death in England
linked to: Black Death
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