... the form of a cloud of mist or black smoke, " (Corbishley). During this frenzy, many responded by trying to flee the plague and running off into the countryside, stated in Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron (1353). Boccaccio also recalled some taking advantage of the ill, the sick being deserted, rushed burials, wasting fields, wandering animals. Some members of the rich upper class gave into hedonistic desires ... ...

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... humanistic" (Cantor 2001). Authors, poets, and doctors wrote about their ideas on the cause and effects of the black plague. One of the most well known pieces of literature was Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron, which told stories of the wealthy, prestigious people as they fled the cities, hoping to escape the disease. Historians are now pondering the idea of whether or not the Italian ... ...

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