Les Josiols

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Les Josiols is the former Jewish quarter situated north of Mirabel aux Baronnies, whose inhabitants were either expelled or asassinated in 1348 due to the accusation that they distributed the pest. The pest-outbreak of 1348 followed several years of bad harvests and made numerous victims. It was therefore that somebody had to be punished. The Jews that inhabited Les Josiols, who were merchants with flourishing businesses, were accused of having poisoned the drinking water wells of Mirabel. The creek Françonne served as source of drinking water for the Jews, so they did not suffer from the poison, was the heresay. Their houses were completely destroyed, those who resisted were murdered, the ones that fled went to Carpentras.
The Dauphin of the Dauphiné (later the French department Drome) and even the Pope intervened, but could do little to save the Jews.