Boccaccio

Noun

Meaning

Italian poet (born in France) (1313-1375)

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I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry themselves about style, and so cease to be themselves. Without a master, without a model, without a guide, I go to work and earn my living, my well-being and my fame. Pietro Aretino

Also Boccaccio often tells tales about the lives of people whose souls Dante had met in his epic journey through the afterlife. Source: Internet

All the details are evidently borrowed from Boccaccio 's Genealogiae. Source: Internet

After a complaint, the police seized thirteen of the twenty-five paintings (including Boccaccio Story and Contadini). Source: Internet

Although we will never know if Boccaccio really did hear the story from an old woman or not (it is possible), the story is certainly not true. Source: Internet

Boccaccio believes that young girls need to be taught about life and virtues before they are consecrated to God. Source: Internet

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