Marseilles in 1720 to stop people moving between the city and the hinterland, are still visible. The most remarkable example of a cordon sanitaire was constructed on the eastern boundary of the Habsburg Empire, in order to stop the transportation of the disease overland from Ottoman-controlled territory. It operated between 1710 and 1871 along
These examples, while relevant, do not sit within the time frame of medieval Europe. It seems that overland measures were scarce based on the information provided in the book. While a wall could be constructed to restrict the flow of people into a city or town, the man power it seems did not exist during this time to build one.
