From the fourteenth to the seventeenth century Europe was affected by bubonic plague. One of the countries hardest hit was England with many cases concentrated in London, due to the population density ...

Title page for a collection of ‘Bills of Mortality’ that chronicled the Great Plague’s death counts (1665) (via Wellcome Images) The personification of death goes back centuries, with Thanatos of ...

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In the 1600s, London faced two nightmares back to back—the Great Plague and the Great Fire. Lives were lost, the city was scarred, but from the ashes rose a story of resilience that shaped its future.

Birth of a serial killer -- The Black Death crosses the Channel -- After the Black Death : the French connection -- Tentacles of the plague -- England under siege -- Portrait of an epidemic -- The ...