The Black Death Old where East and West collide

where East and West collide

000 people

you'll discover how to navigate the often overlooked

plays (The Mousetrap) and poetry

A jilted lover

The Black Death Old where East and West collideThe Black Death is the name most commonly given to the pandemic of bubonic plague that ravaged the medieval world in the late 1340s. From Central Asia the plague swept through Europe, leaving millions of dead in its wake. Between a quarter and a third of Europe's population died. In England the population fell from nearly six million to just over three million. The Black Death was the greatest demographic disaster in European history. In this Pocket