13th–14th centuries
Massacres of the Black Death in Provence, in the wake of Toulon
1348·Apt
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The violence that originated in Toulon spread to the towns of inland Provence, and the community of Apt was attacked in its wake. The Jews of Provence were then living under the authority of Queen Jeanne, Countess of Provence and Queen of Naples, who issued letters of protection.
These letters arrived late and were unevenly obeyed. Provençal Judaism nonetheless survived the Black Death, unlike that of the Rhine valley: it preserved its communities until the expulsion at the end of the fifteenth century, and it is from there that the "Juifs du pape" of the Comtat would come.
- Period :
- 13th–14th centuries
- Type :
- Massacre
- Region :
- Western Europe
- Country :
- France
Chroniques provençales ; Iancu, Les Juifs en Provence.