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The Black Death killed as many as 50 million in Europe from 1346 to 1353. Medieval Europeans, however, did not have access to antibiotics.

Three Oxford humanities academics have been announced on the shortlist for UK's most prestigious history writing prize.Professor Emma Smith (Faculty of English), Professor Henrietta Harrison (Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies) and Professor

The nomination for Adi,the first British person of African heritage to become a professor of history in the UK, is a vindication for the academic who was made redundant a week ago

In “The World the Plague Made,” James Belich argues that the Black Death had a profound impact beyond Europe.

Author: James Belich In 1346, a catastrophic plague beset Europe and its neighbors. The Black Death was a human tragedy that abruptly halved entire populations and caused untold suffering, but it also brought about a cultural and economic renewal on a scale never before witnessed. The World the Plague Made is a panoramic history of how the bubonic plague revolutionized labor ,