Discuss the immediate historical context of the Florence Baptistery door competition
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
The ideal response would include the following:
The competition took place in 1401 approximately 50 years after as much as four-fifths of the city-state’s population had died in the Black Death, after which the plague had returned five more times, killing in its last appearance about one-fifth of the population. Perhaps the guild hoped that enhancing the Baptistery might appease a wrathful God. Also, civic pride and patriotism were at stake. Milan, the powerful city-state to the north, had laid siege to Florence, blocking trade and creating the prospect of famine. The general feeling was that if God looked with favor on the enterprise, the winner’s work might save the city. In fact, during the summer of 1402, as the competition was concluding, the duke of Milan died in his encampment outside of Florence. The siege was over, and Florence was spared.
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