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Primary Sources: Plagues, Epidemics, & Pandemics: Plague

The Plague

  • Often used as a term to indicate a broad period of time when the bubonic plague spread across Europe during the middle ages.
  • There were actually several major outbreaks during that time period as well as later instances.
  • Other terms used included: Black Death, Great Pestilence, or Great Plague.
  • Other types of plague include: septicemic and pneumonic.
  • The term plague may also be used to refer to other types of diseases that caused widespread illness and death; especially in historical documents.
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