A ROAD in the heart of York gave way to a sinkhole and exposed a vital part of the city’s past. Archaeologists have found the remains of one of England’s largest medieval hospitals buried ...

Andrew Stuttaford collects sources arguing that the depopulation that followed the Black Death of 1348 had a silver lining: In 1300 England’s population had been around six million. In 1350, two ...

The plague spread rapidly across the continent and was most virulent between 1348 and 1356. The pandemic became the deadliest event in human history, killing a quarter of Europe’s population. It ...

The Black Death killed as many as 50 million people during the 14th Century (Picture: Getty) Scientists who developed the AstraZeneca COVID jab are working on a new vaccine to combat the Black ...

Netflix’s The Decameron focuses specifically on the Black Death, which hit Florence in March 1348. Due to being a period piece, The Decameron doesn’t include many details about the plague that ...

The Netflix adaptation is a soapy dark comedy that follows a group of Italian nobles and their servants as they attempt to survive the Black Death, or the bubonic plague, in 1348.

The medieval plague, often referred to as the "Black Death," was an outbreak of disease across Asia and Europe that killed millions of people between 1348 and 1350. While it is estimated that ...

The Black Death is widely considered one of, if not the, most devastating public health disasters in history. Over 50 million people died in the plague — around 60% of Europe's population.

Plague killed millions of people across Europe and Asia between 1348 and 1350 By HARRY HOWARD, HISTORY CORRESPONDENT Published: 08:11 EDT, 21 November 2023 | Updated: 10:19 EDT, 21 November 2023 ...

The Black Death ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1353, killing millions. Plague outbreaks in Europe then continued until the 19th century.