P.A.P.E.R. The Black Plague

Purpose: Giovanni Boccaccio (a historian from Florence, Italy) wrote this to sustain Florentine wellness and the document the spread, symptoms and effects of the Black Plaque in Florence, Italy.

Argument: The argument is to point out the devastation caused by the black plague in Florence. Also that people should feel sympathetic toward Florence and they should help to improve society as humanity is increasingly degrading.

Presuppositions: Back when this article was writen and when the Black Plague was an issue, the disease was really bad an whiped out a large chunk of Europe. If something like the Black Plague happened in modern times, it would not be as big of a deal because there are antibiotics that are used to cure and preveent such illnessess. But, if we didn't have an antibiotic for the Black Plague, it would spred a lot faster then it did back then because we have more forms of transportation and, especially in the city, we are around a lot more people.

Epistemology: Something that the author exaggerated was the fact the in Florence the Black Plague was the worst. This is not fully true because the Black Plague was all over Europe and it was teh same disease everywhere. Something that the authors says that is a fact is that the Black Plague did spread through Florence, Italy.