... science. While one-third of the population of Europe was sick or dying of plague and disease, so many others were reading, writing, and creating some of the greatest works of art the world has ever seen. In chapter one of J.H. Plumb's book, "The Italian Renaissance," there are many statements made about the beginning of the Renaissance in Italy, and how society as a whole, was affected by the widespread sickness and death of the bubonic plague. Later in chapter ... living, become evident. During the beginning of the Renaissance, the bubonic plague was ravaging the countryside. Nearly on...

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... (Biel 41). In Germany the persecutions were even more horrifying as hundreds of Jews were burned at the stake. Even though most of the people blamed the Jews, many of the educated people put down the massacre and pointed out that the Jews were dying from the plague along with everyone else. The only safe place for the Jews was in the churches of Europe where the Pope promised their safety ( ... of the plague caused normal social ties to collapse, consequently causing communities to start falling apart. People did not reach out to others who needed help but instead avoided them and even ab...

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... others maintained it was the cause. Bottom line, the only cure or better stated, the only defense was isolation based on medical knowledge at the time. Monarchs, Lords, Kings and even the Papacy were spared only through the revelation that being alone was the key to survival. Surprisingly, in all the references there was little to be found referring to the Arts and the beginning of the Renaissance Period. One volume of recommended reading titled ... Plague and Pestilence in Literature and Art, Raymond Crawfurd, Clarendon Press, 1914 was referenced, but was not available. Undoubtedly, th...

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... others maintained it was the cause. Bottom line, the only cure or better stated, the only defense was isolation based on medical knowledge at the time. Monarchs, Lords, Kings and even the Papacy were spared only through the revelation that being alone was the key to survival. Surprisingly, in all the references there was little to be found referring to the Arts and the beginning of the Renaissance Period. One volume of recommended reading titled ... Plague and Pestilence in Literature and Art, Raymond Crawfurd, Clarendon Press, 1914 was referenced, but was not available. Undoubtedly, th...

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... others maintained it was the cause. Bottom line, the only cure or better stated, the only defense was isolation based on medical knowledge at the time. Monarchs, Lords, Kings and even the Papacy were spared only through the revelation that being alone was the key to survival. Surprisingly, in all the references there was little to be found referring to the Arts and the beginning of the Renaissance Period. One volume of recommended reading titled ... Plague and Pestilence in Literature and Art, Raymond Crawfurd, Clarendon Press, 1914 was referenced, but was not available. Undoubtedly, th...

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• Grade Level: High School