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13th–14th centuries

Black Death massacres in Provence, in the wake of Toulon

1348·Aix-en-Provence

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inconnu

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The Black Death massacres reached Provence after those of Toulon, and the community of Aix-en-Provence was attacked. Queen Jeanne, Countess of Provence, issued ordinances to protect the Jews and punish the murderers.

Provence was the first region of Europe in which the accusation of poisoning the wells produced massacres, because the plague arrived there first, through Marseille. The wave then moved up the Rhône, spreading to Dauphiné, Savoy, and Alsace, and reached the North Sea within eighteen months.

Period :
13th–14th centuries
Type :
Massacre
Region :
Western Europe
Country :
France
Sources

Ordonnances de la reine Jeanne ; chroniques provençales ; Graus, Pest, Geissler, Judenmorde.

At the same place1

  1. 1487Riot against the Jewry of Provenceinconnu

In the same country185

  1. 576Bishop Avitus has the synagogue destroyed; Jews must choose between baptism and exile to Marseille (Gregory of Tours)>500 baptisés de force
  2. 576-591Forced conversions and expulsions ordered by bishops Théodore, Ferréol and Sulpice; Grégoire the Great protests against forced baptismsinconnu
  3. 582Chilperic I imposes baptism on the Jews of the kingdom; the merchant Priscus, who refuses, is murderedtoll not established
  4. 1007Persecution under Robert the Piousinconnu
  5. 1010Bishop Alduin orders the community to convert or leave the town; violence in the wake of rumors about the destruction of the Holy Sepulchreinconnu
  6. Mai-juin 1096Massacre by crusaders en route to the Orient22
  7. Mai 1096First massacre of the First Crusadeinconnu
  8. 1146The crusaders of the Second Crusade attack the community, which defends itself and perishes in its houseinconnu

And 177 more in the catalogue.

Event 323 of 2483, in chronological order · 13th–14th centuries: 398 events in the catalogue

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