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Re:The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe (2005) by encoderer on Monday April 18, 2016 @11:47AM (#11520831)
Great comment. It was truly an indiscriminate killer. I'm reminded of one of those kings -- the Sun King Louis XIV -- who made it to his elderly years. Then one day he has his kingly way with a 12 year old girl who happened to be carrying the disease.
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Re:The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe (2005) by jbmorgado on Monday April 18, 2016 @12:06PM (#11520975)
Louis XIV died from a gangrene caused by a combination of gout and syphilis. Not from smallpox.
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Re:The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe (2005) by encoderer on Monday April 18, 2016 @03:49PM (#11522659)
Ha, you are right. It was Louis XV.

It's been a while since I read French history.

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Re:The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe (2005) by BrandoElFollito on Thursday April 28, 2016 @10:54AM (#11589288)
How Louis XV got infected is unknown. There are several theories but not that one. The Parc-aux-Cerfs (place whet he was meeting girls brought there by Mme de Pompadour) was not in use for many years already (since Mme de Berry become his mistress).
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