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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsHow did the Bubonic Plague make the Italian Renaissance possible?
Interesting history piece.
https://dailyhistory.org/How_did_the_Bubonic_Plague_make_the_Italian_Renaissance_possible%3F
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How did the Bubonic Plague make the Italian Renaissance possible? (Original Post)
CTyankee
Apr 2018
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fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)1. Very interesting read. Thanks for posting. n/t
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)2. Thanks. The punctuation errors drove me a bit batty, however...
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)3. Very interesting.
This reminds me of an argument Daniel Pickering Walker made, though I don't know if it's still considered valid nowadays:
He postulated that the protestant revolution was caused in response to the church and the population moving away from the classic pious church and to a more laissez-faire church. The Protestants didn't want a reform to something new: They wanted a return to the good old times of simplicity.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)4. I didn't know about that. But I did know about the Plague thing...
I learned about it when I was doing my art history research.