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The Plague of 1630: Manzoni’s Venice and the Black Death
In this episode, we explore the devastating outbreak of bubonic plague that struck Northern Italy in 1630, a crisis that reshaped society, politics, and literature. While many know the earlier Black Death of 1348, the second major wave nearly emptied Milan and Venice, leaving deep scars on the Renaissance world we thought was secure. We examine the real historical events behind Alessandro Manzoni’s famous novel I Promessi Sposi, looking at how the plague exposed the failures of local governance, the rise of public health measures like quarantine, and the terrifying social breakdown of the…
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