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Date startStart date of the disease. 1348-03-4 +
Date endEnd date of the disease. +
SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter)
Date otherOther mentioned dates.
PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease. Béziers, Hérault
RegionHistorical region(s) Occitanie
CountryCurrent country France
RiverMentioned river(s)
Natural eventMentioned natural event(s)
PersonMentioned persons(s)
GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned
VictimIndication of victims 90 % relative"Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "%".%" is not a number. +
AnimalMentioned animal(s)
DiseaseMentioned disease(s) Plague
Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave Black Death
Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease
LanguageLanguage of the original text Catalan
KeywordFurther keyword(s) Lent, Mortality
last edited 23. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot.

A mortality, the Black Death breaks out in Arles and all over the world. 90 percent of the people die.

Text originalOriginal text

E en l'an mil CCCXLVIII, la primieyra semmana de carema (4 March), comenset a Bezes la gran mortalitat, et comenset costa le porge d'en Sicart Taborieg, mercadier, costa en P. Perus, qu'es de peyra al cap de la carieyra franceza, et moriron totz los senhors cossols, els clavaris, els escudiers, et apres tanta de gent, que de mil non y remanian cent.

Text translationEnglish translation of the text

In the year 1348, the first week of Lent (March 4), the great mortality began in Bezes, and the death of Sicart Taborieg, merchant, cost P. Perus, who is from Peyra in head of the French career, all the noble men, the claviers, the squires died, you learned so many people, that out of a thousand there were not a hundred left.

References

  1. ^ Le libre de memorias de Jacme Mascaro 
  2. ^ Translation by Thomas Wozniak 

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