Giovanni Boccaccio and The Decameron (1348–1375)

1. Boccaccio is born in Tuscany

   Jan 1, 1313Labels: Giovanni Boccaccio, Tuscany

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2. Boccaccio moves to Naples for training

   Jan 1, 1327Labels: Naples, Commerce

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3. Boccaccio returns to Florence amid upheaval

   Jan 1, 1341Labels: Florence, Return

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4. Black Death devastates Florence

   Mar 1, 1348Labels: Black Death, Florence

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5. Boccaccio begins composing The Decameron

   Jan 1, 1349Labels: The Decameron, Frame Narrative

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6. Boccaccio meets Petrarch and deepens humanist aims

   Jan 1, 1350Labels: Francesco Petrarch, Humanism

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7. The Decameron reaches a finished form

   Jan 1, 1353Labels: The Decameron, Manuscripts

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8. Boccaccio writes on love and disillusion in Corbaccio

   Jan 1, 1355Labels: Il Corbaccio, Love

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9. Boccaccio begins Genealogia deorum gentilium

   Jan 1, 1360Labels: Genealogia deorum, Classical Mythography

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10. Boccaccio revises The Decameron in autograph manuscript

    Jan 1, 1371Labels: Hamilton 90, Autograph Manuscript

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11. Florence appoints Boccaccio to lecture on Dante

    Oct 23, 1373Labels: Lectures on, Badia

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12. Boccaccio dies in Certaldo

    Dec 21, 1375Labels: Certaldo, Death

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