Plagues

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They dug for each graveyard a huge trench, in which they laid the corpses as they arrived by hundreds at a time, piling them up tier upon tier as merchandise is stowed in a ship.

Giovanni Boccaccio

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Topic

The Black Death Plagues Pandemics

Author

Giovanni Boccaccio

Source

The Decameron

Language

Italian

Time

1353 1350s 14th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Boccaccio, Giovanni. The Decameron. c. 1353.

Current Citation

Boccaccio, Giovanni. The Decameron, translated by Wayne A. Rebhorn. W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.

There was no one who wept for any death, for all awaited death.

Agnolo di Tura del Grosso

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Topic

The Black Death Plagues Pandemics

Author

Agnolo di Tura del Grosso

Source

Cronica Maggiore

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Italian

Time

14th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Di Tura del Grosso, Agnolo. Cronica Maggiore. c. 1350.

Current Citation

Di Tura del Grosso, Agnolo. "Cronica Maggiore." Quoted in The Black Death: A Turning Point in History?, written by William M. Bowsky. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1971.