ALEXANDER YERSIN – YERSINIA PESTIS
Journal: Aracê.
Year: 2025

This article describes the history of plague, contextualizing the three major pandemics: the Plague of Justinian (541 CE), the Black Death (1347 CE), and the Third Pandemic (1894 CE). The Black Death is presented as the most devastating, responsible for the death of up to 50% of the European population and a catalyst for significant social and economic transformations. Recent research, utilizing paleoecology, questions the uniformity of the Black Death's demographic impact, suggesting regional v