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In his novel Le Fléau de Dieu, published by Flammarion, Andrea Japp recounts the ravages of the Great Plague in the mid-14th century. Franck Ferrand has chosen to devote a program to this frightening page of history. The Great Plague of 1348 decimated more than a third of the entire European population. It is undoubtedly the greatest plague that has ever been known in Western history. This afternoon, Franck Ferrand has invited an experienced medievalist, who is well known to students at the Sorbonne: Claude Gauvard.