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In the middle of the 14th century, Paris was struck by two great catastrophes: the Bubonic plague and the Hundred Years' War. In the first epidemic of the plague in 1348–1349, forty to fifty thousand Parisians died, a quarter of the population. The plague returned in 1360–61, 1363, and 1366–1368. [72] [73]
The Louvre became a residence intermittently during the troubled times of the 14th century. By the mid-14th century, Paris had grown well beyond the walls of Philip II. Étienne Marcel had started building a new city wall further to the west, which King Charles V the Wise (1364-1380) brought to completion, later known as the Wall of Charles V.
Paris Cooperative High School's mascot is the tiger and its colors are orange and black. Paris was also the home of Saint Mary's School, a Catholic school serving preschool through 8th grade open to children of all religions. St. Mary's was the only tuition-based private school in Paris. St. Mary's School Catholic School closed on May 23, 2018.
The French Colonial Historic District is a historic district that encompasses a major region of 18th-century French colonization in southwestern Illinois.The district is anchored by Fort de Chartres and Fort Kaskaskia, two important French settlements and military posts in what was then the Illinois Country.
Verona: Il Segno Gabrielli Editori. p. 163. ISBN 978-88-88163-80-2. OCLC 68909698. 1. Crisi del Trecento e conseguenze sociali e spirituali; Ruggiero, Romano; Comba, Rinaldo; Coulet, Noel (April 15, 2013). La crisi del trecento: tra il medioevo e l'età moderna [The Crisis of the 14th Century: between the Middle Ages and the Modern Age]. La ...
Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, MS lat. 1186 (Psalter of Blanche of Castille) Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, MS. fr. 8846 (Great Canterbury Psalter, Anglo-Catalan Psalter or Paris Psalter - also part 14th-century) Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, MS lat. 10525 (Psalter of St. Louis)
In the 14th century, before the arrival of the Black Death, the total population of the area covered by modern-day France has been estimated at 16 million. [3] The population of Paris is controversial. [4] Josiah Russell argued for about 80,000 in the early 14th century, although he noted that some other scholars suggested 200,000. [4]
The history of Illinois may be defined by several broad historical periods, namely, the pre-Columbian period, the era of European exploration and colonization, its development as part of the American frontier, its early statehood period, growth in the 19th and 20th centuries, and contemporary Illinois of today.