In the fourteenth century, ships that arrived in Venice,Italy, from areas infected with bubonic plague had to stay outside port for forty days.

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In 14th century Europe, the bubonic plague temporarily boosted wages and reduced agricultural rents.

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Without a groundswell of rodents, fears of bubonic plague should be set aside, or never feared at all.

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He made his first investment, in a theater company, just after bubonic plague had wiped out much of the competition.

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