Describing the Black Death as a force that breaks down civilizations seems a bit far fetched, since the Renaissance started not too long afterwards in Italy (which was among the hardest hit). A good case can be made that the Black Death was one of the causes of the Renaissance.
(Of course I don’t know what the actual argument of the author was, he may have addressed this fully.)
Describing the Black Death as a force that breaks down civilizations seems a bit far fetched, since the Renaissance started not too long afterwards in Italy (which was among the hardest hit). A good case can be made that the Black Death was one of the causes of the Renaissance.
(Of course I don’t know what the actual argument of the author was, he may have addressed this fully.)