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Date startStart date of the disease.	1438	+
Date endEnd date of the disease.		+
SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter)	Summer
Date otherOther mentioned dates.
PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease.	Paris, Île-de-France
RegionHistorical region(s)
CountryCurrent country	France
RiverMentioned river(s)
Natural eventMentioned natural event(s)
PersonMentioned persons(s)
GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned
VictimIndication of victims	45.000 absolute	+
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	Italian
KeywordFurther keyword(s)	Children, Epidemics, Men, Mortality, Women
last edited	23. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot.

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Mortality by plague (boce) in Paris during summer and autumn. 45 000 persons died in the city

Text originalOriginal text

Item, la mortalité fut si grande, espécialement à Paris, car il mourut bien à l'Hôtel-Dieu en cette année cinq mille personnes, et parmi la cité plus de quarante-cinq mille, tant homme, que femme et enfants; car quand la mort se boutait en une maison, elle en emportait la plus grande partie des gens, et espécialement des plus forts et des plus jeunes

Journal d'un bourgeois de Paris 1990, pp. 382-383 1

Text translationEnglish translation of the text

The mortality was so great in Paris, that at least 5000 persons died at the Hôtel-Dieu. In the city, 45 000 persons died, either men, women and children. When the disease spread in a house, almost every inhabitants died, especially the strongest and the youngest.

Translation by Thomas Labbé 2