Memories of pandemics are often contentious. They can be disputed, uncomfortable and politically charged. As the COVID-19 ...

This video explains how the siege of Kafa became one of history’s most chilling links to the spread of the Bubonic Plague ...

Previously unknown volcanic eruptions may have kicked off an unlikely series of events that brought the Black Death—the most devastating pandemic in human history—to the shores of medieval Europe, new ...

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 ...

The Black Death, a bubonic plague outbreak that killed up to 60 per cent of the population of medieval Europe, may have been set in motion by volcanic activity around 1345. The plague bacterium, ...

Scientists study medieval bubonic plague victims in hopes of preventing future outbreaks. Follow scientists as they track down the earliest known bubonic plague victims in hopes of preventing future ...

Follow scientists as they track down the earliest known bubonic plague victims in hopes of preventing future outbreaks, while historians and scholars explore the societal impact of the plague on ...