Understanding the complex network of preceding events and their consequences is the only way to get a clearer picture of the ...

When people think of Medieval diseases, hysterical dancing is not usually what first comes to mind. Yet in 14th and 15th ...

Unpredictable weather in late medieval Europe disrupted agricultural stability, forcing cities to rely on maritime grain ...

The Black Death has long been treated as a bolt from the blue, a medieval catastrophe that seemed to erupt out of nowhere and then vanish just as mysteriously. Now a new generation of climate ...

In the Middle Ages, the Black Death burst onto the scene, with the first historically documented outbreak occurring in 1346 ...

The developers of Medieval Dynasty have added some fresh options to the game as players continue their line, Since its ...

A surprising study has uncovered a link between a massive volcanic eruption in 1345 and the onset of the Black Death, Europe's deadliest pandemic. The discovery reveals how a catastrophic chain of ...

Previously unknown volcanic eruptions may have kicked off an unlikely series of events that brought the Black Death—the most ...

New data suggests an eruption cooled Europe, disrupted harvests and pushed Italian states into grain trades that may have ...

The authors conclude that their findings offer a potential explanation for how the Black Death began and moved through Europe, linking climatic disruption, famine, and the movement of grain during a ...

The extremely long skull of a medieval knight points to an underlying genetic condition.

Danish archaeologists unearthed dozens of medieval graves, shedding light on how disease and hardship shaped life in early ...