Lepers' Plot panic grips France
1321
Rumors swirled that lepers were poisoning wells on orders from Muslim kings and French Jews. Philip V authorized burnings and confiscations. Hundreds of lepers were roasted alive, Jewish communities were expelled and taxed. The panic reveals a pre-plague European mind already primed to hunt minorities in times of fear and social disruption.
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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