Looking at the ways survivors of past pandemics tried to celebrate the triumph of life amid widespread...
Black Death
Bubonic plague killed more than 25 million people, or at least one third, of Europe’s population during...
It is impossible to say exactly when in 1348 the plague burst the bubble of English exuberance,...
The persecution and destruction of the Jews of Germany at the time of the Black Death. Introduction...
Several possible causes have been advanced for the Black Death. Introduction Theories of the Black Death are...
Medieval people called it “the blue sickness”, “La pest” (the pestilence), and “the Great Mortality”. NOTE: Hover...
How he chronicled, commemorated, and mourned his many loved ones who succumbed. This article, Petrarch’s Plague: Love,...
With the plague decimating the ranks of laborers, surviving workers rebelled against the crown’s higher taxes and...
The plague swept through Christian Europe and Islamdom at roughly the same time – between 1347 and...
He wrote of everything from daily death counts to quack remedies. Introduction In early April, writer Jen...
The Plague ushered in a new understanding which found expression in movements such as the Protestant Reformation...
The wealthy fled to the countryside, while the urban poor were forced to work on the front...
People reacted with hopeful cures and responses based on religious belief. Introduction The Black Death of 1347-1352...
Since no one knew what caused the disease, no cure was possible, but this did not stop...
The plague, named the Black Death by later historians, had a devastating effect on the European population...
With no accurate knowledge about the disease and the way it was spread, what could be done...
We can now catch tiny pieces of DNA from ancient diseases and look for clues about how...
The economic decline was marked by a severe drop in population. By Dr. Murray N. RothbardHistorian and...
The Black Death struck in 1348, 1362, 1368, 1381, and continued even into the 18th century. 1348...
Many diseases have affected the outcomes of battles or the political leanings of a country, but few...