The Black Death

     So, during this lesson we learned about the Black Death. We learned what time period it took place during, the effects it had on the millions of people involved, and how we could tell which sources are legitimate and which ones aren't.
     First, I'm going to introduce the Florentine Chronicle article. It is a short passage giving us a bit of information on the horrors of the Black Death. It was written sometime between the 1370's and the 1380's. The author was a man named di Coppo di Stefano Buonaiuti, who lived from 1336 to about 1390. The Chronicle is a reliable source because he was a primary source from the Black Death, so he may have had first-hand experience with it. It may not be reliable because he was only about 2 when the height of the plague was around. I don't know about you, or anyone else, but I remember barely anything from when I was 2 years old, unless an adult has told me something.

    The second article I'm telling you about is the Decameron article. It was written by a man named Boccaccio in 1348, who was alive and witnessed the Black Death. Now, this article may be believable because he was alive during the Black Death, and was an old enough age to be able to remember the horrible accounts that were witnessed. This may not be believable as well because it is a work of fiction; otherwise it is not real. It is a fake documentation of the Black Death based off of this man's witnesses, and it probably contains a lot of false information.

     Now, after reading through and analyzing both articles, I have to conclude that the Florentine Chronicle is the more accurate and believable article. I believe this because, first off, the Decameron is a fictional work. I know it was based off of real witnesses, but non-fictional works are a lot more trustable than a work of fiction. The Chronicle is more trustable because it tells brief instances of the horrors from a primary source.