... plague was a punishment from god so gave plenty of money to bulid statues, crosses and new church buildings. The plague arrived in Europe in 1347 and spread westwards. Its was caused when a flee bit an infected rat, it sucked its blood which was infected and then bit a human- therefore transferring the inflected blood onto the human causing the Black Death. The origin of the plague started in Asia and soon evaded all of Europe. No one knows the exact amount of people that had died because of the Black Death. Many people know presume around one third of the population died if not half. Deaths were concentrated in compact areas such as churches. Countryside's were affected less. ...

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