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Scapegoating, Responsibility, and Neighborly Love in the Plague

By Joel Brandon Looper
The plague of Florence in 1348, as described in Boccaccio's Decameron. Etching by L. Sabatelli after himself. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. 
Mar 30, 2020
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Between 1347 and 1352, 'The Great Mortality' touched a third of Europe's population. 

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The plague of Florence in 1348, as described in Boccaccio's Decameron. Etching by L. Sabatelli after himself. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.