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1311-00-00-Piacenza

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Date startStart date of the disease. 1311 +
Date endEnd date of the disease. 1312 +
SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter)
Date otherOther mentioned dates.
PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease. Piacenza
RegionHistorical region(s)
CountryCurrent country
RiverMentioned river(s)
Natural eventMentioned natural event(s)
PersonMentioned persons(s)
GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned
VictimIndication of victims +
AnimalMentioned animal(s)
DiseaseMentioned disease(s)
Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave
Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease
LanguageLanguage of the original text Latin
KeywordFurther keyword(s) Epidemics, Famine, Mortality, Price increase
FactGridIDIdentifier of an item in FactGrid database Q1871546
last edited 19. 02. 2026 by EpiMedDat-Bot.

Strong price increase, many deaths caused by famine and a desolation in Piacenza

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Eodem anno & anno sequenti fuit fames valida in Placentia, & valuit starius frumenti soldos XXX, starius milii soldos XX, starius milicae soldiso XVI, et starius sicalis soldos XXIV. Et dicto anno innumerabiles per Civitatem Placentiae cadentes mortui sunt fame & pestilentia; & tunc Civitas Placentiae quasi tota fuit depopulata & evacuata Populo et laboratoribus.

Text translationEnglish translation of the text

References

  1. ^  Giovanni Mussi : Chronicon Placentinum ab a. CCXXII usque ad a. MCCCCII (= Rerum Italicarum Scriptores ). Milano 1730 , pp. 447–634
  2. ^ Translation needed 

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