In depth look at the 14th century European Bubonic Plague. Emphasis will be on the impact on ordinary family life (and death). In addition some time will spent on how the Plague related to 14th Western European History. The book, Decameron,  which a compilation of 100 stories told by 10 young people who tried to isolate themselves from the ravages of Florence. This book is considered. The first piece of great literature of the Renaissance. This is the last four of eight classes.