Florence 1348: Flee the Black Death or Stay?
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Florence 1348: Flee the Black Death or Stay?
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In 1348, the Black Death, which killed a third of Europe between 1347 and 1351, reached Florence. Would you stay in the doomed city to protect your family, or abandon everything to flee to the countryside? Step into the desperate moment that inspired Boccaccio's Decameron.
The name 'Black Death' came centuries later; in 1348 people called it the Great Mortality.
※ This video uses AI-generated visuals and voice, reconstructed from historical records.
📚 Sources
- Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron (c. 1353), Introduction
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: Black Death
- Barbara Tuchman, A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century (1978)
#history #YouChooseHistory #BlackDeath #MedievalHistory #Florence #Decameron
The name 'Black Death' came centuries later; in 1348 people called it the Great Mortality.
※ This video uses AI-generated visuals and voice, reconstructed from historical records.
📚 Sources
- Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron (c. 1353), Introduction
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: Black Death
- Barbara Tuchman, A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century (1978)
#history #YouChooseHistory #BlackDeath #MedievalHistory #Florence #Decameron
