Pitigliano and Saturnia Today we visit the Tuscan hill town of Pitigliano, the thermal baths at Saturnia, and enjoy a presentation of ricotta cheesemaking and lunch at an organic farm in the Tuscan countryside near Pitigliano. ReadingsCipolla, Carlo M., "A Plague Doctor," in The Medieval City edited by Miskimin, Herlihy, and Udovitch, Yale University Press Herlihy, D., "Population, Plague and Social Change in Rural Pistoia, 1201-1430," The Economic History Review 1965 Economist, "Plague and Economics," December 31, 1999. Malanima, Paolo, "Labor, Productivity, Wages in Italy 1270-1913," Munro, John, "Before and After the Black Death: Money, Prices, and Wages in Fourteenth Century England," University of Toronto Working Paper No. 24, 2004. |
LinksClick here for a panoramic view of Pitigliano. The baths at Saturnia. The making of ricotta cheese. How the Black Death came to Italy Economic effects of the Plague Read the Introduction to Boccaccio's Decameron describing the Plague in Florence |