The Black Death (Peste negra) was present in Spain between 1348 and 1350.[1][2] In the 14th-century, present-day Spain was composed of the crowns of Aragon and Castile, the Kingdom of Navarre, and the Emirate of Granada. In the countries on the Iberian Peninsula, the Black Death is well-documented and researched in Navarre and particularly in Aragon (recorded in the chronicle of Peter IV), but less documented in Castile, Portugal and Granada.
In the Iberian Peninsula, the Black Death is estimated to have killed 60–65% of the population, reducing its total population from 6 million to 2–2.5 million. In absolute terms, Europe's 80 million inhabitants were reduced to only 30 million between 1347–1353.[3]
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