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1348-09-30-Orvieto

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Date startStart date of the disease. 1348-09-30 Monday +
Date endEnd date of the disease. +
SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter)
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PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease.
RegionHistorical region(s)
CountryCurrent country
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PersonMentioned persons(s)
GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned
VictimIndication of victims +
AnimalMentioned animal(s)
DiseaseMentioned disease(s)
Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave Black Death
Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease
LanguageLanguage of the original text Latin
KeywordFurther keyword(s) Dearth, Epidemics
last edited 19. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot.

Price restrictions on all types of goods, which may only be offered at 25% higher prices than before the Black Death.

Text originalOriginal text

artifices, magistri, laboratores et alii de rebus, quas vendunt et aliis magstriis, laboritiis ac victuris et factionibus personalibus, propter sevam et inauditam pestem mortiferam, que nuper undique in humano genere est diffusa, pretium adheo carum tollant, quod cives et alii cuncit conqueruntur merito, et nisi provideatur celeriter, non possent facere facta sua, ex quo detrimentum reipublice non modicum exoritur et iactura [...] ne huiusmodi appetitus noxius et nefandus usus in Urbevetana civitate diutius nec ulterius vigeat et res predicte in congrua disposicione persistant

Text translationEnglish translation of the text

Craftsmen, masters, laborers, and others, because of the severe and unprecedented deadly plague that has recently spread everywhere among humankind, have raised the prices of the goods they sell and other crafts, labors, and personal services to such an extent that citizens and others justly complain, and unless provision is made quickly, they will not be able to carry out their tasks, resulting in considerable harm and loss to the republic [...] so that this harmful greed and wicked practice may not continue any longer in the city of Orvieto and so that the aforementioned matters may remain in proper order

References

  1. ^ Anonymus 1922-24 
  2. ^ Translation by Martin Bauch 

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