A remarkable discovery in a Swedish bog revealed the well-preserved remains of a medieval man who had been dead for centuries ...

Historian Megan Coles reveals the bizarre medieval deaths caused by cesspits, assassins, wine barrels and even uncontrollable laughter.

Despite the deadliness of the disease, it was possible to recover from plague, and medieval chroniclers mention the ...

A plague of serious proportions is ravaging the world. But not for the first time. From 1347-51, the Black Death killed anywhere from one-tenth to one-half (or more) of Europe’s population. One ...

I've been caring for patients of this horrible plague these last few months. Many other doctors have fled the city for fear of catching the disease, but it seems it is everywhere. A French doctor, Guy ...

“Death and the Miser” is a 1561 painting from Hieronymus Bosch that depicts a classical deathbed scene, with the figure of death creeping into a room from a side-door to take the life of the ...

So large was the death toll and so great was the danger of contagion that funerary customs were disrupted. People fled cities. All this was true of covid-19. It was also true of the Black Death. As ...