A new study led by the University of Aberdeen has provided greater understanding of Scotland's final deadly brush with the ...

This classic film is a compelling tale of a Swedish knight and the woes suffered by his country in the grips of Black Death. The knight is determined to complete one redemptive act before he dies. All ...

But a team from the universities of Oslo and Ferrara now says the first, the Black Death, can be "largely ascribed to human fleas and body lice". The study, in the Proceedings of the National ...

“Looking at art history, we can see that the Black Death (a deadly 14th century bubonic plague outbreak) inspired a lot of artists to describe people’s mindset at the time. “Then, in more ...