Unpredictable weather in late medieval Europe disrupted agricultural stability, forcing cities to rely on maritime grain ...

The rapid spread of the Black Death through medieval Europe could have its origins in a massive volcanic eruption, according ...

New research suggests that a combination of volcanic activity, cold summers and famine brought the deadly plague to Europe.

Religious maps from the 1300s showing tribal Israel inadvertently became the blueprint for how later mapmakers drew political ...

Bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death, wiped out an estimated 60 percent of the population of Europe after traders coming from Asia inadvertently introduced it in 1347. Now a study published ...

Researchers link a burst of volcanic activity in the mid-14th century directly to the eventual arrival of Yersinia pestis.