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    About 16 million people died because of the disease. People called it the Bubonic Plague or “Black Death”. Many people were affected because of the Bubonic Plague. The Bubonic Plague or “Black Death” was a disadvantage. The people that were infected had symptoms because of the disease. In Document 1‚ it said that the Bubonic Plague began in (Europe) Italy. It started approximately in 1348‚ and it took 2 years for the plague to spread. The Bubonic Plague travelled East to West. The Bubonic

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    The Consequences of the Plague in Middle Ages The Middle Ages were without a doubt a significant part of human history. One of the most tragic‚ yet influential happenings during said time was the Plague‚ also known as the Black Death. The incredibly large numbers of deaths due to the illness had a great effect on the survivors and it sparked changes in the way people perceived the world as well as themselves. Therefore‚ the most important consequences of the Black Death could be seen in three major

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    for help as a person not as a God. Dealing with humanism this story shows how Virgil helped Dante in a way. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings and that’s what happens in the Inferno. Giovanni Boccaccio’s‚ Decameron is a collection of 100 short stories known as a frame story. It can be looked at as a story within a story. The tale deals with 7 women and 3 men who move in order to escape the Black Death. They are there for fourteen days and on ten of those days

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    Italian communes 7. Writers: Castiglione (The Book of the Courtier)‚ Machiavelli (The Prince/views)‚ Dante (Divine Comedy)‚ Petrarch‚ Laura Cereta (women ideas)‚ Peter Paul Vergerio (education)‚ Lorenzo Valla (textual criticism)‚ Boccaccio (The Decameron)‚ Erasmus (In Praise of Folly/ideas)‚

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    Italian Literature A study of Italian literature has strongly influenced not only the Europeans but also the world. It shows passionate sensitivity to goodness and true beauty of life. The Italian love for Christian virtue‚ faith‚ hope‚ and charity radiates in both their prose and poetry. For Italians‚ true love and nobility‚ which are manifested in their literary works‚ are inseparable. FAMOUS POETS PROFILE WORKS SHORT DESCRIPTION of WORKS Horace Virgil Livy Ovid

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    Renaissance literature usually begin with Petrarch (best known for the elegantly polished vernacular sonnet sequence of Il Canzoniere and for the craze for book collecting that he initiated) and his friend and contemporary Boccaccio (author of the Decameron). Famous vernacular poets of the 15th century include the renaissance epic authors Luigi Pulci (Morgante)‚ Matteo Maria Boiardo (Orlando Innamorato)‚ and Ludovico Ariosto (Orlando Furioso). 15th century writers such as the poet Poliziano and the

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    Canterbury Tales was Chaucer ’s magnum opus. He uses the tales and the descriptions of its characters to paint an ironic and critical portrait of English society at the time‚ and particularly of the Church. Structurally‚ the collection resembles The Decameron‚ which Chaucer may have read during his first diplomatic mission to Italy in 1372. It is sometimes argued that the greatest contribution that this work made to English literature was in popularising the literary use of the vernacular‚ English‚ rather

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    Sept 2-5 Chapter 9--290-314 (In this section do not feel you have to memorize the names of kings or Popes) Essential Question: “What were the most significant social and religious events of the late Middle Ages (early Renaissance)?” Vocabulary: Decameron‚ Jacquerie‚ guild‚ Estates General‚ primogeniture‚ Unam Sanctam‚ Wycliffe‚ Lollards‚ Hussites‚ heresy‚ Great Schism‚ Conciliar Movement‚ Golden Horde WEEK 3: Sept 8-12 Chapter 10—Pages 318-338 Essential Question: “How did the humanists impact culture

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    Exterminating around a third of Europe’s population in just three years‚ the Black Death affected nearly every aspect of society as it ravaged through countrysides and towns. Entering Europe in 1348‚ this deadly plague drastically altered the nation socioeconomically as it swept across the nation blindly‚ careless to one’s social status or prosperity (Khan Academy). Surprisingly‚ the main culprit found to be responsible for such severe damage was a bacterium carried by fleas. The likelihood of this

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    spalliere or cassone‚ a painted ornamental piece in which a bride stowed gifts. These wedding chests were as popular as double wedding portraits and painters were commissioned to depict scenery from well-loved tales such as Boccaccio’s Day IV of Decameron. From as early as the Late Middle Ages‚ these wooden chests featured inlaid or carved work and were decorated with whitechalk‚ gesso‚ paint‚ and gilding‚ and pastiglia‚ low relief decor. It was given to a bride and placed in the bridal suite. The

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