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  A. Boccaccio on the Black Death at:

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/boccacio2.asp

  Using Boccaccio and the Spielvogel text, write an essay of 4-5 pages answering the following questions:

  • What immediate impact did the Black Death have on the economy and society of Europe?

  • What aspects of the plague as described in this eye-witness account do you find most striking?

  • What evidence does Boccaccio provide on the collapse of Italian urban civilization as it was structured before the plague?

  • What were some of the larger and longer term political, economic, and social consequences of the Black Death?