Bubonic plague is infamous for causing the Black Death, which led to millions of people across Europe dying in the Middle Ages. While it's uncommon to contract bubonic plague in most parts of the ...

This shift from the warmer early Middle Ages to cooler climates deeply ... leading to three decades of the Black Death, 23 years of famine, and nine years during which locust invasions were ...

Bubonic plague is most commonly associated with the Middle Ages when the Black Death wiped out as many as 200 million people and 60% of Europe's population between 1347 and 1351. However ...

There were further Black Death cases throughout the Middle Ages and beyond. There was another significant outbreak in 1665, particularly affecting London. This outbreak shows there had been no ...

more commonly known as the Black Death due to the black ‘buboes’ that would swell in the armpits and groins of victims, decimated the population of Europe during the Middle Ages, from 1347 to ...

That was the time at which the Black Death -- bubonic plague -- swept like ... receptor gene could have thwarted the plague in the Middle Ages, as it does HIV today. If it turns out that this ...

A specialist in the social history of religion and religious movements in the European Middle Ages, Professor Little has written several books; some of his principal publications are listed below. He ...