Pestilence and Politics: A Global History of the Marseille Plague
From 1720 until 1722, the French region of Provence suffered an epidemic of plague, caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, that arrived from the Levant at the port of Marseille in May 1720. During this time, it may have claimed as many as 40,000 to 45,000 lives in Marseille alone - reportedly about...
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