Medieval Europe was the perfect breeding ground for disease — overcrowded towns, open sewers, contaminated water, and no understanding of bacteria. People lived among filth, rats, and rotting waste, ...

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A researcher in the Global Irish Studies Initiative at Georgetown University (GIS) explored the early medieval history of animal disease in Ireland at a talk March 27. Singer said that although other ...

The Western inheritance: Greek and Roman ideas about disease -- Medieval diseases and responses -- The Great Plague pandemic -- New diseases and transatlantic exchanges -- Continuity and change: magic ...