Bubonic plague killed more than 25 million people, or at least one third, of Europe’s population during...
Bubonic Plague
In fact, you can’t really understand Mumbai without understanding the bubonic plague. Introduction On a leafy uphill...
Medieval people called it “the blue sickness”, “La pest” (the pestilence), and “the Great Mortality”. NOTE: Hover...
He wrote of everything from daily death counts to quack remedies. Introduction In early April, writer Jen...
The wealthy fled to the countryside, while the urban poor were forced to work on the front...
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...
Many diseases have affected the outcomes of battles or the political leanings of a country, but few...