Black Death

History 4B

De Anza College

Primary source analysis paper #1: Bring Out Your Dead

Why did the Black Death occur? How did different people react to the Black Death? What were the social, economic, cultural, and political effects of the Black Death?

Use your textbook and the following readings to write an essay analyzing the causes and effects of the Black Death.

Henry Knighton, Black Death

University of Paris Medical Faculty, Writings on the Plague

Marchione di Coppo Stefani, The Florentine Chronicle,"Concerning a Mortality in the City of Florence in which Many People Died"

Giovanni Boccacio, The Decameron (introduction)

You must cite your sources, and list them at the end of your paper as a List of References.

Typed, double-spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides (this is usually the default for most word processing programs), approximately 700-900 words.

For assistance with MLA formatting, consult the Purdue Owl website.

Briefly, references and citations to the primary sources should adhere to the following guidelines:

According to the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7th ed.), section 5.6.2.c. ("A Work on the Web Cited with Print Publication Data,") you would include the print publication data, and then in addition to that information, you would record, in the place of the concluding word Print, the following information in order:

1.Title of the database or Web site (italicized).

2.Medium of publication consulted (Web)

3.Date of access (day, month, and year).

So the citation would be (Buddha, point 4).

The reference would be

Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama. “Sermon at Benares.” Documents in World History. Ed. Peter N. Stearns, Stephen S. Gosch, and Erwin P. Grieshaber. New York: Longman, 2000. Chris Jackson's History. Web. 18 April 2013.

The above reference, like all your references in the list of works cited, would be double-spaced, with a hanging indent.

Note: before sending the assignment, you must rename the file in the following format: LastnameFirstname-papernumber.doc. Example: JacksonChristopher-paper1.doc. Put your name and the assignment name in the subject line of the e-mail. If the file is not properly named, it will not be accepted. If the file does not open in MS-Word, it has not been turned in. Please do not “borrow” material from the web without providing proper citations and enclosing direct quotations in quotation marks. Otherwise, it will be considered plagiarism, and the penalties will be severe.

Due by e-mail attachment to crjackson81@gmail.com