Understanding the complex network of preceding events and their consequences is the only way to get a clearer picture of the ...

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Unpredictable weather in late medieval Europe disrupted agricultural stability, forcing cities to rely on maritime grain ...

In the Middle Ages, the Black Death burst onto the scene, with the first historically documented outbreak occurring in 1346 ...

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New data suggests an eruption cooled Europe, disrupted harvests and pushed Italian states into grain trades that may have ...

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 ...

Previously unknown volcanic eruptions may have kicked off an unlikely series of events that brought the Black Death—the most ...

Danish archaeologists unearthed dozens of medieval graves, shedding light on how disease and hardship shaped life in early ...

Clues contained in tree rings have identified mid-14th-century volcanic activity as the first domino to fall in a sequence ...

The authors conclude that their findings offer a potential explanation for how the Black Death began and moved through Europe, linking climatic disruption, famine, and the movement of grain during a ...