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What did Boccaccio say that people thought caused the plague?

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He concluded that society itself had caused the plague by its sinful behavior. ... In addition, plague was a cure for social fragmentation and sin. Boccaccio himself seemed to hold this belief. Boccaccio condemns the people who fled the city in hopes of escaping the plague.

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