Museum of London - The Black Death, 1348-1350 - 0 views
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International School of Central Switzerland on 29 Aug 11In 1347 news reached England of a horrifying and incurable disease that was spreading from Asia through North Africa and Europe. The Black Death struck London in the autumn of 1348. No one knew how to stop the disease. During the next 18 months it killed half of all Londoners - perhaps 40,000 people.