Events from 1348

University of Prague founded - first university in Central Europe

Black Death transforms legal relations - labor shortage leads to Statute of Laborers attempting to freeze wages and restrict movement

Black Death reaches England - kills third of population, labor shortage transforms society

St. Roch (age 21): Travels to plague-stricken Piacenza - Makes sign of cross over victims, immediate healings - Continues through Italy: Cesena, Rome, Rimini - hundreds of miraculous cures documented

Black Death devastates Venice - kills 60% of population (about 60,000 people), temporary economic collapse

Order of the Garter founded - Edward III creates most prestigious chivalric order, 'Honi soit qui mal y pense'