At least a third of all the people in the world died.

Jean Froissart

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Topic

The Black Death Plague

Author

Jean Froissart

Genre

Historical literature

Language

French

Time

1373 1370s 14th century

Occupation

Historian Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Froissart, Jean. Chroniques. c. 1369, bk. 1.

Current Citation

Froissart, Jean. Chronicles, translated and edited by Geoffrey Brereton. Penguin Classics, 1978, bk. 1.

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