Question

Use the following excerpt from Boccaccio's The Decameron to answer the following question:

"In the year of our Lord 1348, there happened at Florence, the finest city in all Italy a most terrible plague; which, whether owing to the influence of the planets, or that it was sent from God as a just punishment for our sins, had broken out some years before in the Levant (Middle East) and, after passing from place to place, and making incredible havoc all the way, had now reached the west... "

Based on the passage, how would Boccaccio likely feel about the actions of the flagellants, who warned Christians to repent?

He would find their actions sinful because they accused God.

He would find their actions appropriate because the Church was corrupt.

He would find their actions appropriate because he believed human sin may have caused the plague.

He would find their actions inappropriate because he was certain the planets caused the plague.

Answer 1

"He would find their actions appropriate because he believed human sin may have caused the plague" in this way Boccaccio likely feel about the actions of the flagellants, who warned Christians to repent.

Answer: Option C

Step-by-step explanation:

Probably it was in the years 1348–53, that Boccaccio composed the "Decameron". Boccaccio was a man in almost every sense of the Renaissance. He felt that actions of the flagellants were appropriate as he believed human sin must have been reason behind plague.

In Europe, the Flagellants were religious Middle Age zealots who displayed their religious fervor and sought expiation for their sins by actively whipping themselves in public displays of penance.