For centuries, the dominant narrative of the Black Death’s spread has followed a familiar arc: a sudden outbreak in China, a lightning-fast westward path through Asia, and its explosive arrival in ...

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 ...

The story of the Black Death has always been a mix of science, memory, and myth, but historians now argue that one misread medieval text quietly warped that story for centuries. By untangling a ...

Trees hold the secret to the deadly plague that ripped through Europe Hidden inside the narrow growth rings of Pyrenees trees lies the strongest evidence yet for what set the Black Death in motion.