In 1339 in northwestern Europe, the population was beginning to outgrow food supplies and a major economic disaster began to occur. The winters were extremely cold and the summers dry. Due to this extreme climate, crops were growing very low and those that did grow were dying. Inflation became a common phenomenon and when famine broke out people began to worry. The period between 1339 and 1346 is now known as the famine before the plague. These seven bad years of weather and famine lead to the greatest plague of all time. In 1347, endemic to Asia, the Black Death began to spread throughout Western Europe. The plague caused the death of a third of Europe. The Black Death killed more Europeans than any other endemic war or war up to that time. All resulting from a tiny insect (“Black Death”). When the plague first reached Europe, people panicked. They wanted to survive, many began to abandon what they had and moved to villages and countryside in the hope of not contracting the disease. Families abandoned each other and left children to die. The horror that people in Europe felt was traumatic...