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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Vishwam Sankaran

‘Black Death’ may not have killed half of Europe as previously believed, study finds

Mark Gridley

The 14th-century bubonic plague pandemic may not have had the same devastating widespread effects in all parts of Europe as previously thought, according to a new study.

Historians have long held that the “Black Death” wreaked havoc across Europe, west Asia and north Africa between 1346 and 1352, killing up to half of Europe’s population at the time, transforming religious and political structures, and precipitating major cultural and economic transformations such as the Renaissance.

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