Black Death
a form of bubonic plague that spread over Europe in the 14th century and killed an estimated quarter of the population.
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How to use Black Death in a sentence
The Black Death was sadly a recurring event, with at least three major outbreaks starting in the 6th and 7th centuries.
Fact-Checking Dan Brown’s ‘Inferno’: 10 Mistakes, False Statements, and Oversimplifications | Noah Charney | May 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTo say that the Black Death ended and the Renaissance began is not only a simplification, but incorrect.
Fact-Checking Dan Brown’s ‘Inferno’: 10 Mistakes, False Statements, and Oversimplifications | Noah Charney | May 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe statement also implies that the Black Death ended before the Renaissance.
Fact-Checking Dan Brown’s ‘Inferno’: 10 Mistakes, False Statements, and Oversimplifications | Noah Charney | May 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTUnfortunately, the main medieval scapegoat for the Black Death was not the Seven Sins, but the Jews.
Fact-Checking Dan Brown’s ‘Inferno’: 10 Mistakes, False Statements, and Oversimplifications | Noah Charney | May 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThat is as true today as it was at the time of Black Death, when the links between disease and commerce first became apparent.
Curses light upon your head, and Black Death upon your heart, you imp!
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3) | Charles DickensRomsey, like many other religious houses, suffered severely at the time of the Black Death.
Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey | Thomas PerkinsThe terrible plague of the Black Death that swept over Europe from 1347 to 1350 was a malignant form of the bubonic plague.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyAccused of poisoning the wells and causing the pestilence, or Black Death, as it was called, they were condemned to be burned.
The Poems of Emma Lazarus | Emma LazarusThe Black Death disorganized the church by thinning the ranks of the clergy, who did their duty manfully during the plague.
British Dictionary definitions for Black Death
the Black Death a form of bubonic plague pandemic in Europe and Asia during the 14th century, when it killed over 50 million people: See bubonic plague
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Scientific definitions for Black Death
An epidemic of plague, especially its bubonic form, that occurred in outbreaks between 1347 and 1400. It originated in Asia and then swept through Europe, where it killed about a third of the population.
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Cultural definitions for Black Death
A disease that killed nearly half the people of western Europe in the fourteenth century. It was a form of the bubonic plague.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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