Plague Primary Sources Homework DUE TUESDAY

Please read the sources (Introductions + Primary Source) which are linked here, and answer the following questions:

1) Besides the final outcome (death!), what other problems stemming from the Black Plague did Boccacio and di Tura describe?

2) What characteristics of the Black Death emphasized in these two documents?

3) For both Boccacio and di Tura – What reasons can you give for accepting the information given by them? What reasons can you give for doubting them?

4) Is a work of fiction, such as The Decameron, acceptable as historical evidence?