Black Death in Spain

[1][2] In the 14th century, present-day Spain was composed of the crowns of Aragon and Castile, the Kingdom of Navarre, and the Emirate of Granada.

In the countries on the Iberian Peninsula, the Black Death is well-documented and researched in Navarre and particularly in Aragon (recorded in the chronicle of Peter IV), but less documented in Castile and Granada.

[1] It interrupted the civil war which took place at the time, when the King was able to convince the rebels by whom he was captive to release him as they would otherwise endanger his life because of the migration of the plague.

In 1350, it caused the death of king Alfonso XI of Castile in the middle of his warfare against Muslim Andalusia.

[1] The Black Death in Granada is described by the Granadan polymath and physician Ibn al-Khatib in his treatise, Muqni'at al-Sā'il 'an al-Maraḍ al-Hā'il, which is preserved at the Library of El Escorial.