Black Death

1346–1353 pandemic in Eurasia and North Africa

species of bacteria, cause of plague

thumb|300px|A confraternity of penitents in Italy mortifying the flesh with disciplines in a seven-hour procession; [[capirote are worn by penitents so that attention is not drawn towards themselves, but to God, as they repent.]] Flagellants are practitioners of a form of mortification of the flesh by whipping their skin with various instruments of penance. Many Christian confraternities of penitents have flagellants, who beat themselves, both in the privacy of their dwellings and in public processions, to repent of sins and share in the Passion of Jesus.

series of economic events

series of pogroms in 14th century Europe

14-century pogrom in Strasbourg, Holy Roman Empire

pandemic in England in the 14th century

malicious manipulation of potable water resources

German 14-century pogrom

mass grave in which victims of the Black Death were buried

aspect of medieval history

Effect of the Black Death on art and literature in the Middle Ages

Swedish judges

1346 siege of Genoese colony Caffa