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Malthusian crisis.
§Famine.
§War.
§The Black Death.
§Bubonic plague, 1348-51
§Recurred many times through 15th century.
§Population didn’t stop falling until mid 15th century, and did not recover until 16th century.
Les Quatres Morts, from the Danse Macabre of the Cemetery of the Innocents, Paris, 15th century.