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• The Decameron

  Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375

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• The Decameron

  a New Translation, Contexts, Criticism

  Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375

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• The Black Death

  the Great Mortality of 1348-1350 : a Brief History With Documents

  Aberth, John, 1963-

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• The Years of Rice and Salt

  Robinson, Kim Stanley

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  In an alternate history world, the population of Europe is almost completely wiped out by the Black Death during the fourteenth century. Three superpowers - China, India, and the nations of Islam - battle for supremacy in a World War destined to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In the Wake of the Plague

  the Black Death and the World It Made

  Cantor, Norman F.

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• The Bubonic Plague

  Cunningham, Kevin, 1966-

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• Medieval Medicine and the Plague

  Elliott, Lynne, 1968-

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• Bubonic Plague

  the Black Death!

  Person, Stephen

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• From the Brink of the Apocalypse

  Confronting Famine, War, Plague, and Death in the Later Middle Ages

  Aberth, John, 1963-

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• Life During the Black Death

  Dunn, John M., 1949-

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• The Black Death and the Transformation of the West

  Herlihy, David

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• The Decameron Project by the New York Times

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  Ten young people decide to quarantine outside Florence. It’s 1348, in the time of the bubonic plague. The afflicted develop lumps in their groins or armpits, then dark spots on their limbs. Some appear healthy at breakfast but by dinner are sharing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Decameron Web

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  Few great books like the Decameron have shaped our very notion of storytelling and its crucial role in the negotiation and production of shared social and cultural values. Intended primary beneficiaries of the project are college and high school…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Decameron Project | Share your Story

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  The Decameron Project is a student-led initiative which empowers students to express themselves creatively and share their stories, even amidst school closures and other hardships posed by COVID-19. Our platform enables a community of young writers…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 100 Days of Decameron - Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature

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  Starting April 1, we will read one tale a day and finish the entire book in 100 days. You can join us at any time. The introduction for the current set of stories always will appear under this general introduction, with the others following in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Boccaccio Project: A Series of Musical Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic from the Library of Congress

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  In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we draw on Boccaccio’s example to offer some musical responses. We have asked 10 pairs of composers and performers to write and perform brief solo works to be premiered online over the course of 10 days in…Read moreRead more of this annotation