(Giovanni Boccaccio) Boccaccio meets Petrarch “Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth”. Although already an apprentice at the bank, Boccaccio succeeded to persuade his father to let him study canon law for the next six years, where he also pursued his interest in scientific and literary studies. As usual in these days, Boccaccio was supposed to follow his father into the banking profession. In 1326, Boccaccio’s family moved to Naples, where his father was appointed head of a bank.

Boccaccio may have received an early introduction to the works of Dante by his tutor Giovanni Mazzuoli. He was likely born out of wedlock to his father Boccaccino di Chellino, a Florentine merchant, and grew up in Florence. He was born in Florence or in a village near Certaldo where his family was from. The details of Giovanni Boccacio’s birth are rather uncertain. (Giovanni Boccaccio, from ‘The Decameron’) Giovanni Boccaccio – Family Background “While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.” But, before I will tell you more about its content, let me introduce its genius creator to you, the author, poet, and important humanist Giovanni Boccaccio. In its 100 stories it provides us with an intimate contemporary view into medieval and early Renaissance European society. You haven’t heart about the ‘ Decameron‘? You definitely should, simply because it is the masterpiece of European Renaissance literature. He is best known for his masterpiece ‘ The Decameron‘ told as a frame story encompassing 100 tales. On December 21, 1375, Italian author, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and important Renaissance humanist Giovanni Boccaccio passed away. Giovanni Boccaccio and Florentines who have fled from the plague

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