A common myth during many plagues, but most specifically the bubonic plague, was that only the poor got sick and died. This classist ideology had people believing for centuries that the wealthy were ...
ALGECIRAS, Spain: Stray cats are seen at an animal welfare centre in Algeciras, 17 January 2006. On San Anton day (St Anthony), the patron saint for domestic animals when many a Spaniard gets his/her ...
The Black Death was one of the most infamous pandemic events in history. It spread across Asia and Europe, decimating a third of the continent’s population during the Middle Ages. The cause was plague ...