The Paris faculty blames the stars
1348 · Event
Asked by the King of France to explain the mortality, Europe's most prestigious medical faculty delivers its verdict: a conjunction of Saturn, Jupiter and Mars in 1345 corrupted the air. The report becomes the continent's standard scientific account — miasma theory, with the best authority behind it, and no power to save anyone.
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