Even if disastrous events could still have occurred, I don't believe they would have been "calamitous". The Hundred Years' War played a huge role, it lasted for a very long time, causing a lot of damage, interruption of daily life and disruption of society as a whole. The Little Ice Age was a disaster, simply because people couldn't eat. With these events happening around the same time, I'm sure European citizens were fearful of what might happen next. The biggest factor and most disastrous influence of the 14th century was the bubonic plague, as half the continent's population died and no one could understand why. This caused many social, economic and political problems. I believe that each event follows an accelerating trend which, at the end of the century, gives it the perfect nickname of calamitous. The 14th century was a disaster simply due to a combination of multiple tragic and catastrophic events that cost many lives, transmitted diseases, caused famine, started wars and ended