Thus far, all was believed to go well, until the Black Death struck in the 1340’s, creating ciaos amongst friends, family, and neighbors. As relatives and other familiar faces started to contract this deadly disease, the familial bonds between people started to become strained. Parents were considering (and even accomplishing) abandoning their young, allowing them to face their fate alone, with no hope of recovery; all hope was lost, and soon people had started to view the situation through a religious standpoint and believe that because of their choices, to enter humanism and the study of arts and sciences, that perhaps the Black Death was a sign from God, of how unhappy He was of their decisions, and thus, called forth punishment (as proven by Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron, [025]). It also did not help that the church nor the doctors could be of assistance, thus, leading the people to question their
Thus far, all was believed to go well, until the Black Death struck in the 1340’s, creating ciaos amongst friends, family, and neighbors. As relatives and other familiar faces started to contract this deadly disease, the familial bonds between people started to become strained. Parents were considering (and even accomplishing) abandoning their young, allowing them to face their fate alone, with no hope of recovery; all hope was lost, and soon people had started to view the situation through a religious standpoint and believe that because of their choices, to enter humanism and the study of arts and sciences, that perhaps the Black Death was a sign from God, of how unhappy He was of their decisions, and thus, called forth punishment (as proven by Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron, [025]). It also did not help that the church nor the doctors could be of assistance, thus, leading the people to question their