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Black Death in France

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particular category, but directed at anyone who appeared suspicious simply because they were different or unidentified, particularly travellers (such as pilgrims and beggars) invalids, or people in possession of any kind of powder. In April 1348, Louis Heyligen reported that people were executed for well-poisoning in Avignon; the same month, Andre Benezeit, secretary of mayor Aymar of Narbonne, reported to the mayor of Gerona in Catalonia that many beggars had been arrested, tortured and executed in Narbonne, Carcassonne and Grasse for well-poisoning.
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and explained that since the plague was a punishment issued by God himself, it was sinful to accuse the Jews of having caused it, and declared the Jews to be under his protection. While there is not much information about the Jewish persecutions during the Black Death in France, the Jewish population
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in June 1348. In his writings, de Venette claimed that 16,000 people died in Saint-Denis, and an additional 800 people perished each day in Paris between November-December 1348. Overwhelming amounts of death resulted in daily transports of up to 500 dead bodies to mass burial sites. The deceased were
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shortly after its return, and arrived in Marseilles instead. The ship spread the plague in Marseilles, was subsequently forced to leave the city, and continued on its way along the coast of Southern France. The plague ship spread the pestilence all along its course, which included areas from West
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The migration of the plague caused panic across France, and people started looking for scapegoats. Rumours started to spread that the plague was caused by people who poisoned the wells to cause the plague and exterminate Christendom. Initially, these accusations weren't directed at people of any
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Due to the size of France, certain parts weren't immediately reached by the plague, which travelled more slowly by land than by sea. Brittany and Auvergne weren't reached until 1349, and some remote parts weren't reached until 1351. The last part of France to be reached by the Black Death was
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The Black Death made it much more difficult for the kingdom to pay the war subsidy that had been agreed in late 1347. By the second half of 1349, France's spending on war had decreased as the Black Death had spread to England by this point and led to a pause in fighting.
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In Avignon, the Pope arranged religious processions to dampen the wrath of God, as the plague was interpreted by the church as a punishment by God for the sins of humanity. The Pope was advised by his physician,
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on 24 June 1348. In Normandie, the plague made it impossible to bury the corpses even in country villages, and each village which was reached by the plague flagged a black flag to warn anyone approaching.
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in June 1348, but it was likely to have been present there already by as early as March. Documentation stated that it was a ship of pilgrims from Bordeaux who brought the plague to
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These accusations were eventually directed against the Jewish population, and on 5 July (and again on 26 September) Pope Clement VI issued his condemnations of the
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The Kingdom of France had a population of between 16-20 million people, the largest population of Europe. Similarly to Italy, it was relatively urbanized.
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to agree emergency measures to fund the conflict – a war subsidy; different regions of the kingdom decided how to pay the subsidy, such as opting for
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The citizens of Tournai, Belgium burying deceased victims of the plague during the Black Death. Detail shot of a miniature from a folio of the
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had banned them from France, the well-poisoning rumours from France erupted into documented persecutions and mass executions in the
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Bubonic plague would return regularly, but with fewer death victims, until the 18th century. The last epidemic in France was the
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hospital, which was staffed by nuns, whose numbers dwindled as they perished alongside the sick to which they attended.
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The Black Death in Southwest France was not as well-documented as it was in Avignon. It was noted to have been in
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in Burgundy, 50% of the population was confirmed to have died within the short period of August-November 1348.
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in November 1347, spread first through Southern France, and then continued outwards to Northern France.
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In the very Northern parts of France, the Black Death is described in the chronicle of the abbot
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in January 1348, and in Toulouse by April that same year. It was confirmed in
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The plague in Southern France was described by Louis Heyligen in
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pandemic, known as the Black Death, reached France by ship from
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In April 1348, the Black Death was recorded to have reached
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At this point in time, France and England had entered the
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By Pierart dou Tielt (c. 1340–1360 CE). Made c. 1353.
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When the plague spread across Southern France, king
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Index


Black Death
France
bubonic plague
Italy
Marseille
Kingdom of France
Louis Heyligen
Jean de Venette
Gilles Li Muisis
Spain
Holy Roman Empire
Pope Clement VI
Avignon
Western Schism
Jewish persecutions during the Black Death
flagellants
Philip VI of France
University of Paris

Battle of Crécy
Hundred Years' War
Battle of Crécy
Pope Clement VI
Western Schism
Estates General
sales taxes
hearth taxes
Crimea
Avignon

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