Black Death

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Plagues have existed throughout history, said Heeney, from the Black Death of the Middle Ages ages to the 1918-20 influenza pandemic which killed an estimated 25-50 million globally.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

Welcome to the challenges of writing the history of the Black Death, the great pandemic of bubonic plague that ravaged the late medieval world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

And as Mr. Asbridge points out, thanks to the spread of the new technology that we call paper, there was rather more contemporary writing about the Black Death than previous disasters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Indeed, history is filled with examples of this, from the medieval Black Death hitchhiking along the Silk Road to the “Russian flu” pandemic of the late 19th century that was accelerated by trains and steamships.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

Mr. Lawrence told them it was even more deadly than the Black Death, the plague that struck Europe during the time of the knights.

From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis