1. Giovanni Boccaccio - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Giovanni Boccaccio (June 16, 1313 – December 21, 1375) was an Italian author and poet, a friend and correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search "Boccaccio" redirects here. For other uses, see Boccaccio (disambiguation) Giovanni Boccaccio Born Certaldo Died Certaldo Occupation Renaissance humanist Nationality Italian Writing period Early Renaissance Giovanni Boccaccio June 16 December 21 ) was an Italian author and poet, a friend and correspondent of Petrarch , and an important Renaissance humanist in his own right and author of a number of notable works including On Famous Women , the Decameron , and his poetry in the Italian vernacular . Boccaccio's characters are notable for their era in that they are realistic, spirited, and clever individuals who are grounded in reality (in contrast to the characters of his contemporaries, who were more concerned with the Medieval virtues of Chivalry Piety , and Humility Contents Biography Early life Children Mature years ... edit Biography Statue outside the Uffizi , Florence The exact details of his birth are uncertain. He was almost certainly illegitimate , the son of a Florentine merchant and an unknown woman. An early biographer claimed his mother was a

2. Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio (13131375), Italian writer, humanist, one of the founders of the Renaissance born in Paris, son of an Italian (Florentine) businessman http://fajardo-acosta.com/worldlit/boccaccio/

Dr. Fidel Fajardo-Acosta's World Literature Website HOME INDEX CONTACT INFO HOME ... CREDITS Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) Biographical Information Main Works Featured Works: The Decameron ... Contexts Biographical Information Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), Italian writer, humanist, one of the founders of the Renaissance born in Paris, son of an Italian (Florentine) businessman and a French woman studied business but abandoned it eventually to pursue his literary interests in 1350 Boccaccio met Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) (1304-1374), one the most important figures in the beginnings of the Renaissance and Humanism interest in classical antiquity influence of Petrarch and Dante Main Works Decameron (1350-1353), collection of prose tales in Italian On the Genealogy of the Gods of the Gentiles De genealogia deorum gentilium ) (1350-1374), scholarly work on classical mythology and culture, written in Latin

3. Giovanni Boccaccio --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica online encyclopedia article on Giovanni Boccaccio Italian poet and scholar, best remembered as the author of the earthy tales in the Decameron. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9015826/Giovanni-Boccaccio

var britAdCategory = "literature"; Already a member? LOGIN Encyclopædia Britannica - the Online Encyclopedia Home Blog Advocacy Board ... Free Trial Britannica Online Content Related to this Topic This Article's Table of Contents Introduction Youth. Early works. The Decameron. Petrarch and Boccaccio's mature years. ... Print this Table of Contents Shopping New! Britannica Book of the Year The Ultimate Review of 2007. 2007 Britannica Encyclopedia Set (32-Volume Set) Revised, updated, and still unrivaled. New! Britannica 2008 Ultimate DVD/CD-ROM The world's premier software reference source. Giovanni Boccaccio Page 1 of 7 born 1313, Paris, Fr. died Dec. 21, 1375, Certaldo, Tuscany [Italy] Boccaccio, detail of a fresco by Andrea del Castagno; in the Cenacolo di Sant' Apollonia, Florence SCALA/Art Resource, New York Italian poet and scholar, best remembered as the author of the earthy tales in the Decameron . With Petrarch he laid the foundations for the humanism of the Renaissance and raised vernacular literature to the level and status of the classics of antiquity.

4. Giovanni Boccaccio - LoveToKnow 1911 GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO (13131375), Italian author, whose Decameron is one of the classics of literature, was born in 1313, as we know from a letter of Petrarch http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Giovanni_Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio From LoveToKnow 1911 GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO Italian author, whose Decameron is one of the classics of literature, was born in 1313, as we know from a letter of Petrarch , in which that poet, who was born in 1304, calls himself the senior of his friend by nine years. The place of his birth is somewhat doubtful - Florence Paris and Certaldo being all mentioned by various writers as his native city. Boccaccio undoubtedly calls himself a Florentine, but this may refer merely to the Florentine citizenship acquired by his grandfather. The claim of Paris has been supported by Baldelli and Tiraboschi, mainly on the ground that his mother was a lady of good family in that city, where she met Boccaccio's father. There is a good deal in favour of Certaldo, a small town or castle in the valley of the Elsa, 20 m. from Florence, where the family had some property, and where the poet spent much of the latter part of his life. He always signed his name Boccaccio da Certaldo, and named that town as his birthplace in his own epitaph . Petrarch calls his friend Certaldese; and Filippo Villani, a contemporary, distinctly says that Boccaccio was born in Certaldo.

5. Giovanni Boccaccio - Wikipedia, La Enciclopedia Libre Translate this page Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 – 21 de diciembre de 1375), fue un escritor y humanista italiano. Es uno de los padres, junto con Dante y Petrarca, http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio De Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre Saltar a navegaci³n bºsqueda Estatua de Boccaccio en el exterior de los Uffizi , en Florencia Giovanni Boccaccio 21 de diciembre de ), fue un escritor y humanista italiano . Es uno de los padres, junto con Dante y Petrarca , de la literatura en italiano. Compuso tambi©n varias obras en lat­n . Es recordado sobre todo como autor del Decamer³n Tabla de contenidos Biograf­a Obras Obras en italiano Obras de juventud ... editar Biograf­a Giovanni Boccaccio naci³ en junio o julio de 1313, hijo ileg­timo del mercader Boccaccio (Boccaccino) di Chellino, agente de la poderosa compa±­a mercantil de los Bardi. Nada se sabe con certeza acerca de la identidad de su madre. Se discute d³nde naci³ Boccaccio: pudo haber nacido en Florencia , en Certaldo o, incluso, segºn algunas fuentes, en Par­s , lugar al que su padre deb­a desplazarse a menudo por raz³n de su trabajo. Se sabe que su infancia transcurri³ en Florencia, y que fue acogido y educado por su padre, e incluso continu³ viviendo en la casa paterna despu©s de 1319, cuando el mercader contrajo matrimonio con Margherita dei Mardoli. Boccaccio vivi³ en Florencia hasta 1325 o 1327, cuando fue enviado por su padre a trabajar en la oficina que la compa±­a de los Bardi ten­a en N¡poles Como Boccaccio mostrara escasa inclinaci³n hacia los negocios, el padre decidi³ en 1331 encaminarlo hacia el estudio del derecho can³nico. Tras un nuevo fracaso, se dedic³ por entero a las letras, bajo la tutela de destacados eruditos de la corte napolitana, como

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Literature Guides Criticism/Essays Biographies Research Anything: All BookRags Literature Guides Essays Criticism Biographies Encyclopedias History Encyclopedias Films Periodic Table ... Search "Giovanni Boccaccio" Article Navigation Encyclopedia of World Biography on Giovanni Boccaccio WordNet Dictionary on Giovanni Boccaccio ... on Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio About 12 pages (3,707 words) in 4 products View additional search results... Name: Giovanni Boccaccio Birth Date: Death Date: December 21, 1375 Place of Birth: Italy Place of Death: Certaldo, Italy Nationality: Italian Gender: Male Occupations: author, poet Encyclopedia of World Biography on Giovanni Boccaccio The Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) is best known for the Decameron. For his Latin works and his role in reviving Hellenistic learning in Florence, he may be considered one of the early humanists. The culture of Giovanni Boccaccio is rooted in the Middle Ages, but his conception of life points forward to the Renaissance. Like his fellow poet Petrarch, he straddled two ages, and yet he was unlike Petrarcha fervent admirer of classical and Christian antiquityin his acceptance of the medieval tradition. Boccaccio's work reflects both his bourgeois mercantile background and the chivalric ideals of the Neapolitan court, where he spent his youth. He strove to raise Italian prose to an art form nurtured in both medieval rhetoric and classical Latin prose; he had immense admiration for his great Italian contemporaries Dante and Petrarch, as well as for the classical authors. In this sense Boccaccio's vernacular humanism contrasts with Petrarch's classical humanism.

7. Giovanni Boccaccio - Wikipedia Translate this page Giovanni Boccaccio (Certaldo, 1313 – Certaldo, 21 dicembre 1375) è stato uno scrittore e poeta italiano. È l autore del celebre Decameron. http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio Da Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera. Vai a: Navigazione cerca Questa voce o sezione sull'argomento letteratura non riporta fonti o riferimenti Per favore migliora questa voce aggiungendo citazioni da fonti attendibili aiuto partecipa! Il materiale non verificabile pu² essere messo in dubbio e valutato secondo le linee guida sull'uso delle fonti Nota disambigua - Se stai cercando altri significati, vedi Boccaccio (disambigua) Statua di Boccaccio, sita agli Uffizi Giovanni Boccaccio Certaldo Certaldo 21 dicembre ) ¨ stato uno scrittore e poeta italiano . ˆ l'autore del celebre Decameron Fu un uomo di grande cultura che ebbe l'opportunit  di frequentare la ricchissima biblioteca reale e dedicarsi a letture eterogenee (letteratura cortese e cavalleresca francese, cultura latina ed erudizione storica, mitologica e letteraria, autori greci e latini, stilnovisti, Dante ecc.). Cominci² a scrivere rime e poemetti per il brillante pubblico di corte, che lo riconobbe come poeta. Indice Opere Opere della giovinezza La caccia di Diana (1333–1335 ) Il Filostrato (1335) ... modifica Opere Nella produzione del Boccaccio si possono distinguere le opere della giovinezza, della maturit  e della vecchiaia.

8. Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio. Born 1313 Birthplace Paris, France Died 21Dec-1375 Location of death Certaldo, Tuscany, Italy Cause of death unspecified http://www.nndb.com/people/255/000085000/

This is a beta version of NNDB Search: All Names Living people Dead people Band Names Book Titles Movie Titles Full Text for Giovanni Boccaccio Born: Birthplace: Paris, France Died: 21-Dec Location of death: Certaldo, Tuscany, Italy Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried, Church of SS. Michele e Jacopo Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Occupation: Author Nationality: Italy Executive summary: Decameron Father: Boccaccio di Chellino (merchant) Mother: (probably French) Brother: Francesco (stepbrother, b. circa 1320). Risk Factors: Obesity Is the subject of books: G. Boccaccio: A Biographical Study BY: Edward Hutton Boccaccio BY: Francis MacManus Boccaccio BY: Vittore Branca Boccaccio BY: Thomas G. Bergin Author of books: Il Filocolo c. 1336 Il Filostrato c. 1338 Teseida Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta Il Ninfale d'Ameto Decameron Il Corbaccio Bucolicum Carmen De Claris Mulieribus De Casibus Virorum Illustrium Do you know something we don't? Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile

9. Literary Encyclopedia Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio is best known for being the author of the Decameron, an enormously influential collection of short stories written in Florence ca. http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=460

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13. Giovanni Boccaccio - Wikiquote Giovanni Boccaccio (131306-16 – 1375-12-21) was an Italian poet and story-writer who helped to initiate the humanist movement in Florence. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Giovanni_Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation search Giovanni Boccaccio ) was an Italian poet and story-writer who helped to initiate the humanist movement in Florence . His most famous work is The Decameron , a collection of 100 novelle or tales. This article on an author is a stub . You can help Wikiquote by edit Sourced edit The Decameron (c. 1350) Unless otherwise stated, translations are quoted from the version by G. H. McWilliam (Penguin, 1972) ISBN 0140442692 Bocca basciata non perde ventura, anzi rinnuova come fa la luna. Translation: A kissed mouth doesn't lose its freshness, for like the moon it always renews itself. Second Day, Seventh Story. Io ho inteso che un gallo basta assai bene a diece galline, ma che diece uomini posson male o con fatica una femina sodisfare. Translation: I have always been given to understand…that whereas a single cock is quite sufficient for ten hens, ten men are hard put to satisfy one woman. Third Day, First Story. Fate quello che noi diciamo e non quello che noi facciamo. Translation: Do as we say, not as we do.

14. Giovanni Boccaccio The Decameron Criticism Giovanni Boccaccio The Decameron Criticism and Essays. http://www.enotes.com/classical-medieval-criticism/decameron-giovanni-boccaccio

utmSetVar('lit_all'); Giovanni Boccaccio The Decameron Criticism and Essays Welcome, guest! Login Join eNotes Entire Site Literature Science History Business Soc. Sciences Health Arts College Journals Literature Science History Business ... Z Search All Criticism: Printable Version Download PDF Cite this Page The Decameron Giovanni Boccaccio Italian compendium of tales, composed between 1348 and 1353. The following entry contains criticism on Boccaccio's Decameron. For additional information on Boccaccio's life and works, see CMLC, Vol. 13. INTRODUCTION Regarded as one of the masterpieces of Western literature, the Decameron is a compendium of one hundred tales. The stories are told by several narrators who have fled the plague-ridden city of Florence; in the country home of their host, the escapees pass the time by telling tales to each other. In this work Boccaccio departs from the transcendental idealism of the poetry of Dante Alighieri and Francesco Petrarch, bringing to literature the same realism that fourteenth century Italian artists brought to painting. Written in vernacular Italian prose, the Decameron conveys the earthiness, ambiguity, paradox, and subtlety that characterize human experience. Also of significance is the fact that the tales, rather than presenting a set view of morality, as was usual in the Middle Ages, encourage conflicting interpretations, signaling the historical change from a unified, God-centered world view to a diverse, human-centered one encompassing varying and sometimes conflicting perspectives.

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Giovanni Boccaccio ᏂᏛᎴᏠᏓ Wikipedia, ᎯᎠ ᎠᏎᏊᎢ ᎥᎦᏔᎲᎢ "Boccaccio" redirects here. For other uses, see Boccaccio (disambiguation) Giovanni Boccaccio Born Certaldo Died Certaldo Occupation Renaissance humanist Nationality Italian Writing period Early Renaissance Giovanni Boccaccio Petrarch Decameron ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎯᎠ ᎦᏁᎳ. Boccaccio ᎠᎦᏓᏠᏖᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎾᏍᎩᎾᎢ ᎤᎾᏤᎵ ᏗᏓᎴᏂᏍᎬ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ Ꮎ ᎤᏠᏌ ᎤᏙᎯᏳ ᎾᏍᎩ, ᎠᏓᏠᏙ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏬᎸᏣᏗ ᏗᏂᏏᏴᏫᎭ ᎦᎪ ᎦᏙᎯ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ (ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᏧᏓᎴᎾᎢ ᎢᎪᎯᏓ ᎠᎦᏓᏠᏖᏗ ᎤᏤᎵ ᏧᏂᏠᏱ, ᎦᎪ ᎨᏒᎩ ᎤᏟ ᎢᎦᎢ ᎤᏃᏝᎩ ᎬᏙᏗ ᎯᎠ Uffizi , Florence Florentine ᏨᏓᏓᏨᏍᏙᏗian Tuscany , ᎠᏎᏱᎩ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ Certaldo, ᎯᎠ ᎦᏚᎲ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎠᏓᏙᏓ. Boccaccio ᎤᏛᏒ ᎠᏏᎾᏒᎢ Florence. ᎤᏤᎵ ᎠᏓᏙᏓ ᏥᏄᏍᏛᎩ ᏚᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲ ᎾᏍᎩᎾᎢ ᎯᎠ Compagnia ᎥᏝ ᎠᏯ Bardi ᎠᎴ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎯᎠ 1320s ᏕᎨᎦᏨᏍᏔᏠMargherita ᎠᏲᏍᏙᏗ Mardoli, ᎤᎾᏤᎵᏛ ᏏᏓᏁᎸᎯ. ᎾᏍᎩ ᎨᏒᎢ ᎤᏬᎯᏳᏠBoccaccio ᏥᏄᏍᏛᎩ ᏗᏕᏲᎲᏍᎩ ᎾᎥᎢ Giovanni Mazzuoli ᎠᎴ ᎤᎩᏒᎩ ᏂᏛᎴᏠᏓ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎢᎬᏱ ᎾᏛᏁᎸ ᎢᎪᎯᏓ ᏧᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ

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Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313-1375 The Italian poet, Giovanni Boccaccio was most probably born in Tuscany, the illegitimate son of a merchant of Certaldo, who launched him on a commercial career, during which he spent some time at Paris. As a young man, Boccaccio abandoned commerce and the study of canon law. At Naples he began to write stories in verse and prose, mingled in courtly society, and fell in love with the noble lady whom he made famous under the name of Fiammetta. Up to 1350 Boccaccio lived at Florence and at Naples, producing prose tales, pastorals, and poems. The Teseide is a version in ottava rima of the medieval romance of Palamon and Arcite, which was partly translated by Chaucer in the Knight's Tale , and is the subject of Fletcher's Two Noble Kinsmen . The Filostrato deals with the loves of Troilus and Cressida, also in great part translated by Chaucer. After 1350 Boccaccio became a diplomat entrusted with important public affairs, and a scholar devoted to the new learning. During this period, in which he formed a lasting friendship with Francesco Petrarch, Boccaccio, as Florentine ambassador, visited Rome, Ravenna, Avignon and Brandenburg. In 1358 he completed his great work, the

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Home Encyclopedia Summa Fathers ... B > Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio Italian novelist, b. in Paris , 1313; d. in Certaldo, 21 December, 1375. His father, a merchant from Certaldo and a man of some prominence in Florence , had gone into business in Paris . Shortly afterwards the elder Boccaccio deserted Giannina, the mother of Giovanni, and brought the boy to Florence where he put him to school until he was ten years old, when he took him into business. In 1327 Giovanni was sent to Naples to study law . But he gave himself up almost entirely to literature, and became intimately acquainted with some of the most prominent men and women of the court of Anjou. It is supposed that it was in 1334 that he saw for the first time Maria d'Acquino, a married woman and natural daughter of King Robert. She was the inspiration of his earlier works, and the heroine of whom he tells under the name of Fiammetta. In 1340 we find him back in Florence; on the death of his father in 1348, he became the guardian of a younger brother. He held certain public offices in Florence and was entrusted with diplomatic missions to Padua , the Romagna, Avignon , and elsewhere. After 1350 began his friendship with

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The Giovanni Boccaccio Page Major Works Italian Works The Decameron (1349-1353). The English version of choice is possibly Decameron . The John Payne Translation, Revised and Annotated by Charles S. Singleton. Three volumes. California, 1982. But see also the more accessible versions by G.H. McWilliam (Penguin, 1995), Guido Waldman (Oxford, 1993) and Mark Musa and Peter Bondanella (Mentor,1982 ). See also the latter authors' Norton Critical Decameron , which includes 21 tales , selected criticism and other help. Il Filostrato (1355). A Trojan war story used by Chaucer as a source for Troilus and Cressida . Translated by R.K. Gordon, in The Story of Troilus . Dent, 1934. Il Filocolo Il Teseida Comedy of the Florentine Nymphs The Amorous Vision La Fiametta . (1344) Edited and translated by Mariangela Causa-Steindler and Thomas Mauch as The Elegy of Lady Fiammetta . Chicago, 1990. The Nymphs of Fiesole Life of Dante (1355?). Giovanni Boccaccio and Pietro Aretino. The Earliest Lives of Dante. Introduction by Francesco Basetti-Sani. Ungar, 1963. The Corbaccio (1355). Translated and edited by Anthony K. Cassell. Illinois, 1975.

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