Scientists believe they have finally uncovered what triggered the deadly plague that wiped out over half the medieval population of Europe. Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the Leibniz ...

The plague devastated Europe, Asia, and North Africa, but gave peasant families an unexpected advantage at the dinner table.

The Black Death was one of the most infamous pandemic events in history. It spread across Asia and Europe, decimating a third of the continent's population during the Middle Ages. The cause was plague ...

In our research in the British Library's medieval collections, we have identified a previously unnoticed document that provides fresh insights into the survivors of the outbreak of plague known as the ...

We all know what the plague did to us humans, but how did the natural world fare?

In a world without modern medicine or vaccines, Medieval populations stricken by the plague turned to strange and desperate remedies they hoped would save their lives.

The Black Death ravaged medieval Western Europe, ultimately wiping out roughly one-third of the population. Scientists have identified the bacterium responsible and its likely origins, but certain ...

An interdisciplinary research team from Leipzig has discovered strong evidence of a Black Death mass grave near the deserted medieval village of Neuses, outside Erfurt (Germany). It represents the ...