The Black Death

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The Black Death, 1348
Bruegel The triunph of death

 

 

Coming out of the East, the Black Death reached the shores of Italy in the spring of 1348 unleashing a rampage of death across Europe unprecedented in recorded history.

By the time the epidemic played itself out three years later, anywhere between 25% and 50% of Europe's population had fallen victim to the pestilence.

 

The Triumph of Death by Peter Bruegel the Elder; c. 1562;
Oil on panel, 117 x 162 cm; Del Prado Museum, Madrid

 

 

 

 

 

Here you can choose more than one definition
'unprecedented' means:
never known before
that had an example before
extraordinary