Jun 15, 2026 · 2 min · 1 segments
The Black Death swept across Europe in the mid-14th century, killing millions and leaving entire regions devastated. No corner of the continent was spared, and Cyprus too fell victim to the deadly…
Whether it was a punishment from heaven, an influence of the air, or the negligence of the people, it quickly spread across the entire island in a short span of time.
In an instant, houses were filled with the sick and the streets with corpses as deaths struck indiscriminately, regardless of gender or age.
It did not spare the humblest cottages, nor the most magnificent palaces.
Slaves and their masters fell dead at the same moment, and death became all the more miserable, as knights and nobles were often mixed with the common folk.
Out of necessary cruelty, fathers abandoned their sons, and sons fled from their fathers, as the evident danger overcame all the rules of kinship, love, and nature.
A History of the Lusinian Kings in Eleven Books Francesco Loredano, 1647 Thank you.
Whether it was a punishment from heaven, an influence of the air, or the negligence of the people, it quickly spread across the entire island in a short span of time.
In an instant, houses were filled with the sick and the streets with corpses as deaths struck indiscriminately, regardless of gender or age.
It did not spare the humblest cottages, nor the most magnificent palaces.
Slaves and their masters fell dead at the same moment, and death became all the more miserable, as knights and nobles were often mixed with the common folk.
Out of necessary cruelty, fathers abandoned their sons, and sons fled from their fathers, as the evident danger overcame all the rules of kinship, love, and nature.
A History of the Lusinian Kings in Eleven Books Francesco Loredano, 1647 Thank you.
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