The Middle Ages
starvation, and a number more had perished of illnesses that they could not fight off
in their malnourished state. Edward II's reign lasted until 1327 when the leading was
taken over from him by his son Edward III. The Hundred Years War began in 1337.
It was a struggle between England and France for the dominance of Wester
Europe. In Medieval England, the Black Death was to kill 1.5 million people out of
an estimated total of 4 million people between 1348 and1350. No medical
knowledge existed in Medieval England to cope with the disease. The Black Death
is the name given to a disease called the bubonic plague. In 1377. Edward III's reign
ended and it marks the end to the Plantagenet Kings.
From 1377 - 1485 the Royal Houses of Lancaster and York became Kings of
England in the Middle Ages and ruled the English. In 1377 Edward III was
succeeded by his grandson
Richard II. The Black Death of 1348 - 1350 decimated the population of England,
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