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Date startStart date of the disease. 1371 +
Date endEnd date of the disease. +
SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter)
Date otherOther mentioned dates.
PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease.
RegionHistorical region(s) Silesia
CountryCurrent country
RiverMentioned river(s)
Natural eventMentioned natural event(s)
PersonMentioned persons(s) Sigismund Rosicz
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) Mortality
last edited 6. 01. 2026 by EpiMedDat-Bot.

Following an astronomical phenomenon (the sky remained red for the whole of the night) there was a great plague and inflation.

Text originalOriginal text

1371. Pestis et caristia magna. Anno domini 1371 visa est magna rubedo in coelo per totam noctem a crepusculo usque ad mane: secuta fuit maxima pestis cum caristia.

Text translationEnglish translation of the text

1371. Great plague and inflation. In the year of the Lord 1371 there was a great redness seen in the sky for the whole night from dusk till dawn. After this there was a great plague and inflation.

References

  1. ^ Sequuntur gesta diversa transactis temporibus facta in Silesia et alibi 
  2. ^ Translation by Christian Oertel 

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