Giovanni Boccaccio

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Giovanni Boccaccio was a 14th-century Italian writer and scholar best known for his influential collection of novellas "The Decameron" and his role in shaping early Renaissance literature and humanist thought.

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instanceOf Renaissance humanist
human
humanist
medieval author
novelist
poet
scholar
short story writer
writer
associatedWith Dante Alighieri
Francesco Petrarca
countryOfCitizenship Republic of Florence
dateOfBirth 1313
dateOfDeath 1375-12-21
describedAs one of the three crowns of Italian literature
educatedAt Naples
era 14th century
Italian Trecento
linked to: Trecento
ethnicGroup Italian
familyName Boccaccio
linked to: Giovanni Boccaccio
genre biography
mythography
novella
poetry
prose
givenName Giovanni
influenced European novella tradition
Geoffrey Chaucer
Renaissance literature
influencedBy Dante Alighieri
Petrarch
linked to: Francesco Petrarca
knownFor The Decameron
early Renaissance humanism
vernacular Italian prose
languageOfWorkOrName Italian
Latin
movement Renaissance humanism
Trecento literature
linked to: Trecento
name Giovanni Boccaccio
nativeLanguage Italian
notableWork Amorosa visione
De casibus virorum illustrium
De mulieribus claris
Decameron
linked to: The Decameron

Genealogia deorum gentilium
Genealogy of the Pagan Gods
Il Filocolo
Il Filostrato
Ninfale d’Ameto
linked to: Ninfale fiesolano

Ninfale fiesolano
On Famous Women
On the Fates of Famous Men
Teseida delle nozze d’Emilia
The Decameron
Trattatello in laude di Dante
occupation cleric
diplomat
poet
scholar
writer
placeOfBirth Certaldo
near Florence
placeOfDeath Certaldo
religion Catholicism
sexOrGender male
workLocation Florence
Naples

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Giovanni Boccaccio familyName Boccaccio
linked to: Giovanni Boccaccio
Dante Alighieri influenced Giovanni Boccaccio
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Troilus and Criseyde basedOnAuthor Giovanni Boccaccio
The Legend of Good Women influencedBy Boccaccio
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The Decameron author Giovanni Boccaccio
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De mulieribus claris author Giovanni Boccaccio
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On the Fates of Famous Men timeOfAuthor Giovanni Boccaccio lived in the 14th century
linked to: Giovanni Boccaccio
De casibus virorum illustrium author Giovanni Boccaccio
Genealogy of the Pagan Gods author Giovanni Boccaccio
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Il Filocolo author Giovanni Boccaccio
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Ninfale fiesolano author Giovanni Boccaccio
Amorosa visione author Giovanni Boccaccio
Trattatello in laude di Dante author Giovanni Boccaccio
Certaldo birthplaceOf Giovanni Boccaccio
Certaldo associatedWith Giovanni Boccaccio
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Boccaccio’s Teseida author Giovanni Boccaccio
The Fall of Princes basedOnAuthor Giovanni Boccaccio
The Knight's Tale basedOnAuthor Giovanni Boccaccio
Criseyde influencedByAuthor Giovanni Boccaccio
The Little Hours basedOnWorkBy Giovanni Boccaccio
Cressida adaptedBy Giovanni Boccaccio
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