BLACK

DEATH, © name giren to series of epidemics that devastat: Europe, Asia, and Africa in the 14! century. It took its name from t! black spots which covered the skin; one stage of the disease. The suffere usually died within tivo or three da} of being attacked. In the ecpidem of 1348 England lost one-third of i i nba bit anta, and it is estimated th: upwards of 20,000,000 perished in Europ [s. 73]