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Date startStart date of the disease. 1389 +
Date endEnd date of the disease. +
SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter)
Date otherOther mentioned dates.
PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease. Bingen, Franconia, Mainz
RegionHistorical region(s)
CountryCurrent country
RiverMentioned river(s) Rhine
Natural eventMentioned natural event(s)
PersonMentioned persons(s)
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) Age, Children
last edited 19. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot.

Outbreak of plague in Bingen, Mainz, along the Rhine and in Franconia. It affected mainly children and young people.

Text originalOriginal text

Item in illis diebus (1389) erat iterum pestilencie epidimia in partibus Rheni, maxime in Pinguia et partibus circumsitis et Maguncia, et maxime infestabat iuventutem et infantes, et erat talis pestilencia in Franckonia et multis aliis terre.

Text translationEnglish translation of the text

Also, in those days (1389), there was again an epidemic of pestilence in the regions of the Rhine, especially in the Palatinate and surrounding areas, and in Mainz, and it mostly afflicted the youth and infants. Such a pestilence was also present in Franconia and many other lands.

References

  1. ^ Chronicon Moguntinum 1885 
  2. ^ Translation by Martin Bauch; None; 

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