How did the Great Famine affect Europeans’ health?

The Great Famine of 1315–1317 brought widespread crop failures and severe food shortages across Europe. Many people did not have enough to eat and suffered starvation, so the correct choice is “It led to starvation.” The famine weakened people and made them more vulnerable to disease, but it did not itself cause bubonic or pneumonic plague.

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