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Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer that he was sometimes simply known as "the Certaldese" and one of the most important figures in the European literary panorama of the fourteenth century.

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Italian author and poet (1313–1375)

Born 16 July 1313
Died 21 December 1375

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Photo of Giovanni Boccaccio

Italian author and poet (1313–1375)

Born 16 July 1313
Died 21 December 1375

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Biography Women Early works to 1800 Classical Mythology History Poetry Italian literature Medieval Geography Fiction Translations into English Plague Criticism and interpretation Storytelling Boccaccio, giovanni, 1313-1375 Italian Authors Kings and rulers Specimens Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author) Italian fiction Italian poetry Love Facsimiles History and criticism Romance literature Translations into German

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Europe Italy Florence Afrique occidentale Atlantic Ocean Blasket Islands Carthage Chicago England Europa Florence (Italy) France Great Britain Illinois Ireland London Milan Naples Océan Atlantique Rome Troy (Extinct city) West Africa West Midlands

People

Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) Concino Concini maréchal d'Ancre (ca. 1575-1617) Dante Alighieri (1265-1321,) Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 1400) Livy Lucius Aelius Sejanus (d. 31,) Vincenzo Brusantino Conte Alonso Angiolino del Tegghia de' Corbizzi (active 1341) Antonio Ariel Brunetto Latini (1220-1295) Caliban Ceres Checco Di Meletto Rossi (1320-1363) Dido (Legendary character) Dietrich Wilhelm Soltau Ferdinand Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374) George Washington (1732-1799) Giovanni Antonio Tuzio Giovanni Boccacio Giunta family Gonzalo

Time

14th century To 1500 To 1400 15th century 16th century 1538 Before 1450 CIRCA 1346 Early works to 1800 Middle Ages, 500-1500 Middle English, 1100-1500 Middle French, 1300-1600 Middle ages Republic, 265 B.C.-30 B.C. To 1700 To 510 B.C.

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Alternative names

  • Certaldese
  • G. Boccaccio
  • Giovanni Bocaccio
  • Bojiaqiu
  • Boccacio
  • Boccace
  • Bocaccio
  • Giovanni Boccoccio
  • Professor Giovanni Boccaccio
  • Джованни Боккаччо
  • Д. Боккаччо
  • Boccaccio Giovanni
  • Boccaccio, Giovanni
  • Giovanni 1313-1375 Boccaccio
  • Giovanni Battista Baldelli Boccaccio
  • Giovanni Boccace
  • Jean Bocace
  • J. Bocace
  • John Boccaccio
  • Boccaccio
  • Boccaccio John
  • Boccaccio, Jean
  • Jean Boccace
  • BOCCACE J
  • Boccacco Giovanni
  • Boccace Jean
  • Giovanni Boccacio "Boccace"
  • Giovanni. Boccaccio
  • Giovanni Giovanni Boccaccio
  • giovanni boccaccio
  • Giovanni (Jean De Boschere) Boccaccio
  • Giovanni Boccaccio - Translated By John Payne
  • Giovanni Boccaccio, Translated by Nathaniel Edward Griffin & Arthur Beckwith Myrick, Introduced by N.E. Griffin
  • Boccaccio, Giovanni; Cummings, Hubertis
  • Giovanni/ Boccaccio (edited By Herbert Alexander)
  • benoit de sainte-maure, giovanni boccaccio, geoffrey chaucer and robert henryson
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