The Italian Renaissance was as the name implies the rebirth of painting. This does not imply that all the advances of painting came from this period but that the masters learned to combine new and old. The list of artist who contributed to the advancement in painting during the renaissance is as div...

THE BLACK DEATHDuring the fourteenth century a horrible plague spread across Asia,Europe, and Great Britain. This plague is referred to as the black death. Many people are not quite sure why the disease was given the name. The most popular reason why it might be called the black death is because i...

The plague was a deadly disease, which came from the East on 1347-1348 on ships. The plague came from the rats that were in the ships and were infested with fleas and were infected. It first quickly spread through Europe. As people traded more and more, the plague would spread faster and faster. ...

The Black Plague is a type of bubonic plague that traveled throughout Europe, and the Mediterranean Sea killing millions. The Black Plague (or Black Death) is a bacterial infection that causes swelling on numerous parts of the body. Also it causes odd sores in which human flesh is eaten away. If yo...