The Bubonic plague, more commonly known as the Black Death due to the black ‘buboes’ that would swell in the armpits and ...

or the Black Death, in the 14th century. However, studies suggest that it was not the rats themselves that spread the plague but rather the fleas they carried. The plague was responsible for causing ...

A year ago, I also thought a lot about Armageddon, The Black Death (1347-51), the Spanish or 1918 flu pandemic (from which a maternal relative had died in Windhoek!), the movie World War Z (2013), and ...

Arguably any one of the years between 1347-1349 could make this list as the infamous 'Black Death' bubonic plague was at its peak, ravishing most of Eurasia and parts of North Africa. It has the title ...

Evidence from 13th-century chroniclers and physicians indicates plague may have been involved in epidemics a century before ...

In Britain alone, the Black Death wiped out up to half of the population when it struck between 1348 and 1350. But now, new research has found that the plague may actually have been present in ...