Did Mass Cat Killings Help Spread the Black Death in the Middle Ages? The idea originated with a 13th-century pope who accused devil-worshippers of kissing cats' hindquarters.

The Black Death, a deadly bubonic plague pandemic in the 14th century, caused widespread havoc, claiming around 200 million lives. As the disease spread, entire towns and villages were wiped out ...

The Black Death was 'a squalid disease that killed within a week' and a national trauma that utterly transformed Britain. Dr Mike Ibeji follows its deadly path. The first outbreak of plague swept ...

The plague — which in the mid-14th century was also known as the Black Death — devastated swaths of Europe, killing millions in under a decade. One of the puzzles surrounding this ancient ...

Piles of bones and historical records tell us the Black Death pandemic wiped out as much as half the population of Europe during the Middle Ages. But how and what, exactly, caused the grisly ...

Then, too, my own previous interest as a medievalist was in what used to be called the High Middle Ages, particularly the period more recently referred to as the Long 12th Century, ranging from ...

Twelve skeletons believed to belong to victims of the Black Death in the 14th century have been uncovered as part of the project to complete the £14.8 billion Crossrail project.

Revealed: How mass tourism helped England after the Black Death. Finds from “England’s Venice” reveal the secrets of medieval pilgrimage ...

Yet, the Black Death was rarely spread from person to person by normal viral means, and when it was, ... More Middle Ages. British History Timeline.