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1315
The Great Famine
The Great Famine started in spring 1315 with bad weather that caused bad harvests. The crisis didn’t stop until 1317 -
Period: 1337 to 1453
Hundred Years’ War
The war between the House of Plantagenet with its cadet the House of Lancaster and the House of Valois started in 1337. In 1336, King Edward III of England claimed to be the crown of France’s lawful heir as he was Philip IV of France’s grandson. -
1348
The plague arrives at Melcombe Regis
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Period: 1348 to 1350
The Black Death spreads across Great Britain
In August 1348, the plague hit Bristol and one month later it reached London. In April 1349, the Black Death arrived in Wales and in July it definitely hit Ireland. In spring 1350, there was a huge outbreak of the epidemic in Scotland.
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Period: 1361 to 1364
The Plague of Children
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Period: 1368 to 1369
Third Pestilence
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Period: 1371 to 1375
Fourth Pestilence
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1381
Peasants’ Revolt
The revolt was caused by:
- the socio-economic and political tensions generated by the Black Death pandemic in the 1340s;
- the high taxes imposed to finance the conflict with France during the Hundred Years' War;
- instability within the local leadership of London.
