<P> From Italy , the disease spread northwest across Europe , striking France , Spain , Portugal and England by June 1348 , then turned and spread east through Germany and Scandinavia from 1348 to 1350 . It was introduced in Norway in 1349 when a ship landed at Askøy , then spread to Bjørgvin ( modern Bergen ) and Iceland . Finally it spread to northwestern Russia in 1351 . The plague was somewhat less common in parts of Europe that had smaller trade relations with their neighbours , including the majority of the Basque Country , isolated parts of Belgium and the Netherlands , and isolated alpine villages throughout the continent . </P>
what parts of europe were least affected by the black plague
parts of Europe that had smaller trade relations with their neighbours , including the majority of the Basque Country , isolated parts of Belgium and the Netherlands , and isolated alpine villages throughout the continent