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Rachel Ashcroft

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Rachel lives in Edinburgh and writes about pop culture, philosophy and plenty of things in-between. She enjoys reading, gaming and long walks in the Scottish Highlands. She also has a PhD in French and Italian Renaissance literature.
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These woodcuts are from the Decameron, a collection of novellas in which young people fleeing plague-ridden Florence tell stories that often provide accounts of life during the pandemic.

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In 14th-Century Florence, Some Residents Socially Distanced While Others Hit the Bars

A contemporary debate would feel familiar to Europeans alive when the Bubonic plague arrived.

By Rachel Ashcroft

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