When people think of Medieval diseases, hysterical dancing is not usually what first comes to mind. Yet in 14th and 15th ...
Understanding the complex network of preceding events and their consequences is the only way to get a clearer picture of the ...
Volcanic eruptions could have fueled the spread of the Black Death plague across medieval Europe, according to a new study ...
A new analysis aims to answer a longstanding question about why the plague reached Europe when it did—and why it spread so ...
In the Middle Ages, the Black Death burst onto the scene, with the first historically documented outbreak occurring in 1346 ...
A surprising study has uncovered a link between a massive volcanic eruption in 1345 and the onset of the Black Death, Europe's deadliest pandemic. The discovery reveals how a catastrophic chain of ...
Learn how volcanic eruptions in 1345 started a chain of events that allowed the plague to enter Europe and start the Black Death.
For centuries, some of Europe’s most shocking killings survived only as whispers in parchment and bone, their victims reduced to nameless skulls and half-told chronicles. Now, a new generation of ...
The extremely long skull of a medieval knight points to an underlying genetic condition.
Researchers say this ‘climate-famine-grain’ connection may help explain the timing of other plague outbreaks throughout ...