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Date startStart date of the disease. 1338 +
Date endEnd date of the disease. +
SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter)
Date otherOther mentioned dates.
PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease. Żagań
RegionHistorical region(s) Silesia
CountryCurrent country Poland
RiverMentioned river(s)
Natural eventMentioned natural event(s)
PersonMentioned persons(s) Ludolf of Sagan
GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned
VictimIndication of victims +
AnimalMentioned animal(s)
DiseaseMentioned disease(s) Plague
Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave
Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease
LanguageLanguage of the original text Latin
KeywordFurther keyword(s)
last edited 6. 01. 2026 by EpiMedDat-Bot.

Around the year 1338 there were a great number of locusts, which were followed by a pestilence and starvation.

Text originalOriginal text

Item, circa annum domini MCCCXXXVIII venerunt locuste maxime multitudinis [...]. Subsequentibus vero nostris temporibus aliquando pestilencia, aliquando fames fuerut.

Text translationEnglish translation of the text

Around the year of the Lord 1338 there arrived locusts of the greatest numbers [...]. they were followed in our times sometimes by a pestilence, sometimes by starvation.

References

  1. ^ Ludolf of Sagan 
  2. ^ Translation by Christian Oertel 

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