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Did Boccaccio witness the Black Death?

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Giovanni Boccaccio was a contemporary witness to the effects of the Black Death pandemic, the Yersinia pestis bacterial pandemic in Europe between the years 1346-53, causing 75 million to 200 million deaths across the continent alone.
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Answer:Boccaccio was a contemporary witness to the effects of the Black Death

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