An analysis of cloth found inside the cannon suggests that it dates to the 14th century and that the weapon was ... Archaeology 40,000-year-old mammoth tusk boomerang is oldest in Europe — and ...

A 14th century climate transition period following centuries of warm European weather and before the onset of the so-called Little Ice Age bears a striking resemblance to some of today’s weather ...

Perhaps not surprisingly, the death of 60 percent of Europe’s entire population had profound impacts on European society. In fact, according to Benedictow, it fundamentally changed the course of ...

History Dept. What the 14th Century Plague Tells Us About How Covid Will Change Politics Regions hit hardest by the Black Death in Europe looked more democratic centuries later.

The Black Death, a devastating bubonic plague, swept Europe from 1346 to 1353. ... decimating nearly half of the continent's population during the 14th century.

Black Death bacterial plague that devastated 14th century Europe traced to a lake in Central Asia “We found the Black Death’s source strain, and we even know its exact date — 1338,” says ...

Europe's best-dressed men ruffled feathers with their tight clothes, pointy shoes, and attitudes. And they were doing it in the 14th century.

In the face of the Black Death, the pandemic that ravaged 14th-century Europe, Giovanni Boccaccio wrote at the time, “all the wisdom and ingenuity of man were unavailing.” ...