SMC360H1 Lecture Notes - Giovanni Boccaccio, Black Death, Renaissance Humanism
15 Dec 2012
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He went to the university just to be a lawyer, but he became fascinated with literature. Therefore, he started to study latin as well. Then he decided that he wanted to become neither lawyer nor merchant. He wrote in latin to advise men about women. Fictional novels are amazing documents to complete descriptions of historical events. Killed over 50 million people in just two years. Severe chills, fever, conclusions, vomitting, dark spots, sqollen glands. Usually killed in day 2, by day 21, 90% of people were dead. Humans got the disease by fleas who usually bite rats, but since all the rats died, they bit. London dropped to one third of former size. Socologists humans instead surviving workers demanded more wages, causing the collapse of the feudal system. Florence are safe and takes precaution to protect themselves. Started in china, went to india, to persia, to europe. The disease spread not only on land but on sea.
