History in the Headlines » Black Death http://www.history.com/news Catch up on new discoveries, explore important anniversaries and get the history behind today's headlines. Sat, 18 May 2013 01:30:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 17th-Century Londoners Died of Fright, Itch and Grief http://www.history.com/news/17th-century-londoners-died-of-fright-itch-and-grief Is the Black Death the Ancestor of All Modern Plagues? http://www.history.com/news/is-the-black-death-the-ancestor-of-all-modern-plagues Can We Stop Blaming Rats for the Black Death? http://www.history.com/news/can-we-stop-blaming-rats-for-the-black-death They’re Back: A Bed Bug History http://www.history.com/news/theyre-back-a-bed-bug-history