The plague that killed a quarter of the people of Europe in the years 1348–1350 is still studied to shed light on human behavior under conditions of universal catastrophe ...

The disease quickly spread throughout the country. The first recorded case of the Black Death in England was in June 1348. Bubonic plague was spread by rats, which were commonly found in homes ...

The Black Death peaked in Europe between 1348 and 1350, wiping out about 60 percent of London’s population. According to genome analysis comparing the ancient sample and a recent outbreak in ...

believed to be bubonic plague, possibly mixed in with anthrax, killed between thirty and fifty percent of Europe’s population in the years 1348 and 1349. Norman Cantor writes that it was ’the ...

The Black Death was a serious disease that killed millions over people around the world over a period of several hundred years. It was named after the colour of the sores that grew under the skin ...

A Plague Tale Innocence is a rare and immersive storytelling experience developed by Asobo Studio and published by Focus Home ...

The plague first hit British shores in 1348 after being spread to Europe by fleas on rats aboard ships from Asia. Scientists estimate that between a third and a half of Britain’s population were ...

During the following year, the plague killed 40 per cent of Constantinople’s population and eventually a quarter of the population of the eastern Mediterranean. It spread across Europe, reaching ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Plague doctors wore beak-like masks, stuffing the beak with herbs in a desperate attempt ...

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” The words are Ecclesiastes 1:9 – among my ...