Sunny, out-of-the-way Languedoc stretches from the Mediterranean to the Pyrenees in southwest France. It shares a balmy ...

The first scientific evidence of the Black Death in Edinburgh has been discovered on the skeleton of a teenage boy who died in the 14th century, shedding new light on one of history's deadliest ...

Follow scientists as they track down the earliest known bubonic plague victims in hopes of preventing future outbreaks, while historians and scholars explore the societal impact of the plague on ...

The recovery of the artistic ideals of classical antiquity between 1400 and 1600 was hardly the only major period of cultural ...

Colorado health officials have confirmed a human case of the plague, the rare bacterial infection infamously known for killing tens of millions in 14th century Europe. Today, it's easily treated with ...