Black Death
Half-Hour History: Secrets of the Medieval World
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The Impact of the Black Death on Demographics
The Black Death didn't just hit once, it hit multiple times. Then the population didn't recover for centuries. The 200-year period of what we call the late Middle Ages has the Black Death right in the middle. It's kind of like the 1930s, the American and worldwide Great Depression lasting 200 years.
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