Traditions and Encounters, 4th Edition (Bentley)

Chapter 22: REACHING OUT: CROSS-CULTURAL INTERACTIONS

Internet Activities: Bubonic Plague

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/decameronintro.html

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Read this excerpt from Boccaccio Decameron describing the plague's impact on the city of Florence. According to Boccaccio, what were the symptoms of the plague? How did the people of Florence attempt to stop its spread or to cure it? How did the plague affect the functioning of Florentine society?
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