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The dancing plague? When medieval peasants danced themselves to death | After Dark
When people think of Medieval diseases, hysterical dancing is not usually what first comes to mind. Yet in 14th and 15th ...
Understanding the complex network of preceding events and their consequences is the only way to get a clearer picture of the ...
In the Middle Ages, the Black Death burst onto the scene, with the first historically documented outbreak occurring in 1346 ...
A surprising study has uncovered a link between a massive volcanic eruption in 1345 and the onset of the Black Death, Europe's deadliest pandemic. The discovery reveals how a catastrophic chain of ...
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Volcanic Eruptions May Have Been Responsible for the Spread of Black Death in Medieval Europe
Learn how volcanic eruptions in 1345 started a chain of events that allowed the plague to enter Europe and start the Black Death.
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Scientists pinpoint the spark that unleashed the Black Death
The Black Death has long been treated as a bolt from the blue, a medieval catastrophe that seemed to erupt out of nowhere and then vanish just as mysteriously. Now a new generation of climate ...
In predicting the future, we often turn to our past experiences. Humanity has, after all, faced pandemics like this one before — many times, in fact — and few are as memorable and menacing as the ...
Medieval nun fakes death to escape convent and enjoy a life of carnal lust. Sounds like the basis for a juicy novel, but this really happened during the 14th century in England. Archivist and ...
Researchers say this ‘climate-famine-grain’ connection may help explain the timing of other plague outbreaks throughout ...
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