It seems only a few days since we had an article on this. This one is centred on Britain, though.
https://www.medievalists.net/2024/11/study-suggests-plague-reached-britain-earlier-than-thought/
There is a link to the full article but it is paywalled. Those with institutional access may be able to see it.
It is of course slightly obvious to say that there were obviously waves of generalised plague outbreaks at frequent intervals. I guess it was the ones that caused worse than normal effects that were perhaps 'fossilised' in the historical record