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Recurrence of Plague in Europe

Type Event Region Europe Time 1391–1400

In the 1390s, plague outbreaks recurred across Europe after the Black Death, with France, Spain, Italy, and England hit by multiple waves, deepening …

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  1. 1391–1394France · FranceIn the early 1390s plague recurred in southern France and around Paris, while also spreading to port cities in Spain and Portugal; trade routes and pilgrimage paths became channels of transmission, and urban mortality rose markedly.
  2. 1395–1400Italian Peninsula · ItalyThe epidemic continued to affect commercial cities such as Florence and Venice as well as parts of England; church and municipal authorities adopted quarantine and isolation measures, and labor shortages drove up wages and loosened serfdom.

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