Black Death was an outbreak of bubonic plague, that struck Europe and the
Mediterranean area from 1347 through 1351. It was the first of European plague
epidemics that continued until the early 18th century. The plague had been preceded by
ancient plagues between the 6th and 8th centuries A.D.; they were followed by other cycle,
but less deadly, plagues that began in the late 19th century and continue in the 20th
century. The term "Black Death" was not used to refer to the plagues of 1347 through
1351 until much later. They usually referred to it as the Pestilence, or the Great Morta…
