Researchers claim to have discovered the cause of the 1665 Great Plague of London, which killed more than a quarter of the city’s population in the span of a year, according to CNN. Scientists from ...

The author of a history of the Great Fire of London here offers a scholarly, meticulous yet accessible analysis of the last epidemic of bubonic plague to afflict England. The scourge of 1665 killed ...

In 1665, London faced one of its deadliest disasters—the Great Plague. The bubonic plague, carried by rats and fleas, spread rapidly through the city, killing tens of thousands. Rare Titanoboa ...

The Black Death was one of the most infamous pandemic events in history. It spread across Asia and Europe, decimating a third of the continent’s population during the Middle Ages. The cause was plague ...

Plague and quarantine have a way of pulling back the covers to reveal what might have always lurked, but was hidden. Sexuality and repression, intimacy, class struggles, gender roles. Playwright Naomi ...

The Black Death was one of the most infamous pandemic events in history. It spread across Asia and Europe, decimating a third of the continent’s population during the Middle Ages. The cause was plague ...

In the first episode, the epidemic is traced back to its source in the parish of St Giles in the Fields, now at the heart of London's theatre district. The programme also examines the symptoms of the ...

London in 1400 by Amédée Forestier, a French artist who specialised in historical landscapes Black women of African descent were more likely to die of the medieval plague in London, academics at the ...