Newsletters About Membership
Acta Cosmica
Home Disease

Disease

The oral histories of the Great Plague
History · The Big Story

The oral histories of the Great Plague

New analysis of survivor accounts from the Black Death reveals how communities described — and made sense of — an event that killed half of Europe.

By Marcus Ito · 2 min read

Latest in Disease

1 stories
The Acta Cosmica Dispatch

The stories behind the science, every morning

One email. The reporting, photography, and discoveries worth your time — nothing else.

Thanks — check your inbox to confirm.