While “social distancing” and “self-quarantine” were previously unfamiliar concepts for many of us, they are hardly new. Even people who lived before the discovery of microbes believed such actions ...

A lot of English people believed 1666 would be the year of the apocalypse. You can’t really blame them. In late spring 1665, bubonic plague began to eat away at London’s population. By fall, roughly 7 ...

Journal of Social History, Vol. 45, No. 3, The Hidden History of Crime, Corruption, and States (Spring 2012), pp. 809-834 (26 pages) The outbreak of bubonic plague that struck London and Westminster ...

Nestled in the rolling hills of the UK county of Derbyshire lies a pretty, historic village called Eyam. Today the surface tranquillity of tea rooms and small stone cottages contrasts with the story ...

A goose flies through the Canary Wharf area of London on Thursday. The coronavirus is reminiscent of the bubonic plague's toll on the city in 1665. (Victoria Jones/AP) Perspective by Mary E. Fissell ...

Humanity has been surviving plagues for thousands of years, and we have managed to learn a lot along the way. By Annalee Newitz Contributing Opinion Writer A lot of English people believed 1666 would ...