The Black Death

   During this lesson we learned about the Black Death and where it began and how it spread around to other places. We looked at different excerpts from that time and we analyzed them to see if they could be true or not. We had to see what the best sources would be good to figure out the truth about the Black Death.
   The Florentine Chronicle is a source made by Marchionne di Coppo di Stefano Bonaiuti. He wrote it in the late 1370s and early 1380s. Marchionne was born in Florence in 1336 into a wealthy ruling-class family, probably of bankers and lived there most of his life. He was a historian, statesman, politician, businessman and diplomat from Florence, Italy. This document has reasons why it could be believable and why it could not be believable. First off it says that he was born in 1336 in Florence and that is the time when the Black Death was around, this makes it believable. On the other hand it also says that he wrote it 25 years after it happened and at the time he was only two years old when it was going on, this makes it non believable.
   The Decameron is a source made by Boccaccio who was an Italian author, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and important Renaissance humanist. He was born in Florence or in a village near Certaldo where his family was from. This document also has reasons on why it is believable and why it is not. During the time he was alive and witnessed the Black Death, this makes it believable is some way. But on the other hand he was not in Florence at the time of the Black Death and it is fictional. This makes it non believable.
  Out of these two sources I would say that the Florentine Chronicle is more believable. Although Marchionne was 2 years he still was alive and around at the time when it happened. Family members that survived could have told him stories about what happened during the time. Plus he could have seen things and remembered them from when he was younger. It could be very possible.