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While you have probably heard the term "Black Death" or "Black Plague," do you know what this disease was really like for the people of the time? How could this horrible pandemic actually become one of the most important factors in the development of the Renaissance?

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The Black Death
One of the deadliest pandemics in history, the "Black Death" is often credited as one of the major factors leading to the European Renaissance.


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