The Black Death
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What was the disease that devastated Europe in the fourteenth century?

  • Smallpox
  • Bubonic plague (correct)
  • Cholera
  • Influenza
  • Who wrote about the celestial portent of the plague in 1348?

  • Jean de Venette (correct)
  • The people of France
  • Erna Paris
  • The prior of a Carmelite monastery
  • What did the people of France and almost the whole world experience in 1348?

  • The bubonic plague (correct)
  • A devastating war
  • A famine
  • A flood
  • What did the prior of the Carmelite monastery suspect he had witnessed in relation to the plague?

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    What was the prior's role in the monastery?

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    Study Notes

    The Black Death

    • The disease that devastated Europe in the fourteenth century was the Black Death.

    Celestial Portent of the Plague

    • In 1348, a writer recorded the celestial portent of the plague.

    The Plague in 1348

    • In 1348, the people of France and almost the whole world experienced the plague.

    The Prior of the Carmelite Monastery

    • The prior of the Carmelite monastery suspected he had witnessed a celestial portent related to the plague.
    • The prior's role in the monastery was as a leader or administrator.

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