Talk:Great Plague of Marseille

Name
Should the article page be renamed from "Great Plague of Marseille" to "Great Plague of Marseilles" (note the additional letter "s" at the end of Marseilles)? The "Category:Pandemics" page lists the "Great Plague of Marseilles", which is an invalid link because of the extra letter "s" But since the French city's name is actually "Marseilles" (with the "s"), then this article should be renamed.


 * I think you'll find the city is spelled both Marseille and Marseilles in both French and English, and that Marseille is the preferred spelling (in both the French Larousse and the English Merriam Webster). Best just make a redirect. - Nunh-huh 00:42, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

OK...thanks...I see the Category:Pandemics entry now points to ...Marseille (without the "S") now so the broken link is fixed which is all that really matters. (although I didn't know that BOTH Marseille and Marseilles were valid - thanks for the info)
 * Thanks for spotting the problem. - Nunh-huh 03:13, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Expansion
Since Marseille suffered so many plagues, I think it would be worth adding a section to this article with a bit more timeline information as to when each version occurred, which disease it was, and what percentage of the city's population was affected. --Elonka 12:05, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The other plagues occurred in 1348 (black death), recurring intermittently until 1361, then in 1580 and 1582 (black death), 1649-50 (black death) until the last great plague of 1720, described in this article. Mathsci (talk) 13:07, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Grand-Sainte-Antoine
One of the original sources for this article might have been the Michelin Green Guide to Provence, which has similar sentences on Page 177 ("The Great Plague"); it also lists Syria as the departure point of the Grande-Saint-Antoine rather than Sidon (Seyde) in the Lebanon. Syria, also mentioned on the French WP page, seems incorrect. Duchene and Contrucci state that the ship left Sidon on April 19, 1720, under Captain Chataud, having called beforehand at Smyrna, Tripoli and Cyprus. On April 5th a Turkish passenger fell ill and was given a sea-burial; after the 27th four sailors and the boat's surgeon succumbed to the plague. Mathsci (talk) 08:07, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Translation into Chinese Wikipedia
The 09:25, 26 April 2008 Mathsci version of this article is translated into Chinese Wikipedia.--Philopp (talk) 19:34, 6 May 2008 (UTC)


 * No information about the method spread of the disease like improper septic conditions whats the first outbreak that identified the source of the problem to infection of public fountains, I'm looking for the epidemic.. anyone know? Contact me at r o f t h o r a x @ g m a i l . c o m . Thanks..


 * The article states: 'Powerful city merchants needed the silk and cotton cargo of the ship for the great medieval fair at Beaucaire and pressured authorities to lift the quarantine.'  I'm sure a source could be found on the spread of the disease but, as flea transmission is the norm for bubonic plague, access to the infected ship and the unloading of the textile cargo would have exposed many people to fleas and their rat hosts.  Transporting the textiles to the Beaucaire fair would have rapidly spread the infection outside of the port district.  My opinion.  WBardwin (talk) 00:23, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

It is stated: "During a two-year period, 50,000 of Marseille's total population of 90,000 died. An additional 50,000 people in other areas succumbed as the plague spread north, eventually reaching Aix-en-Provence, Arles, Apt and Toulon. Estimates indicate an overall death rate of between 25%-50% for the population in the larger area, with the city of Marseille at 40%,..."

50,000 of Marseille's total population of 90,000 died ... overall death rate of between...with the city of Marseille at 40%. 50/90*100 is not 40 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.24.73.11 (talk) 04:54, 27 April 2020 (UTC)