The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe Ever

Identifier

94(100)

Title

The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe Ever

Subject

History

Description

Ole J. Benedictow describes how he calculated that the Black Death killed 50 million people in the 14th century, or 60 per cent of Europe’s entire population

Source

History Today, Volume 55, Issue 3 March 2005

Publisher

History Today

Date

2005

Rights

All Rights Reserved.

Format

PDF

Language

English

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Files

The Black Death_ The Greatest Catastrophe Ever.pdf

Collection

History

Citation

Ole J. Benedictow, “The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe Ever,” Uwekind Resource Centre, accessed October 11, 2026, https://library.uwekind.com/items/show/208.