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Late Antiquity & Medieval
Byzantium, caliphates, kingdoms, crusades, plague, and scholastic thought.
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Andrew Garfield plays a ploughman in The Uprising – but the real medieval rebels weren’t all peasants
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The revolt against feudalism in England
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Young Adults Were Hit Especially Hard by the Black Death, Study Finds
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The Black Death in Europe (1347???1353) and the Evolution of Quarantine and Plague Control Through the 18th Century
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The truth behind the Blackheath plague pit myth that has haunted London for centuries
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (837+ words) A long-standing urban legend has cast a shadow over the green heart of south-east London. For generations, residents and visitors alike have whispered that Blackheath is built atop mass graves of plague victims from the Black Death—the reason, they…...
New Study Shows What Really Happened After The Black Death Wiped Out Millions
1+ week, 2+ day ago (253+ words) The textbooks and history lessons tend to treat the Black Death as one devastating wave of pestilence that hit Europe between 1347 and 1353....
The Uprising: the real medieval revolt that inspired Andrew Garfield’s new film
1+ week, 6+ day ago (910+ words) The Uprising, a medieval drama directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Andrew Garfield, is set to hit cinemas this autumn. The film draws its inspiration from the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 in England. The studio's synopsis presents the uprising as a…...
The Helmet that Traveled through History
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (55+ words) A medieval helmet is an unusually intimate historical object. Unlike a crown, manuscript, monument or ceremonial weapon, it was made to be worn, protecting the head, while shaping the wearer’s movement and field of vision. It was an instrument of…...
Plague Returned for Centuries After the Black Death, DNA Shows
2+ week, 2+ day ago (224+ words) Multiple burial of plague victims from Domat/Ems, Sogn Pieder (Switzerland) associated with the Plague of the Thirty Years’ War (c.1629–1631). Analyses of individual 24 yielded a full Yersinia pestis genome. Image credit: Archaeological Service of the Canton of Grisons. (Archaeological…...
Medieval Leprosy Hospital Discovered in Copenhagen
2+ week, 2+ day ago (581+ words) Archaeologists in Denmark have uncovered around 20 skeletons believed to belong to Copenhagen’s medieval leprosy hospital, providing the first physical evidence for an institution known from written sources for centuries. The discovery could offer new insights into leprosy and the lives…...