Giovanni Boccacio
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Giovanni Boccacio born in June or July of 1313 born illegitimately to a wealthy merchant in Paris. He was sent to Italy during his infancy. In 1336 he saw Maria d'Aquino at a church in Naples. She became the character Fiammeta in his later works. After a romantic affair she deserted him and died of the black plague in 1348. Soon after 1351 he became influenced by Patrarch, as well developing a close friendship with him, losing interest in Italian poetry he became more interested in Latin scholarly works. Sometime around 1349-1353 Boccacio wrote a collection of stories called Decameron. The Decameron is a collection of one hundred stories told over ten days by ten different people escaping from the plague. In 1373 the people of Florence gave him to give the world's first lecturae Dantis, probably the first lecture series ever dedicated to the exposition of a European vernacular text. He died two years later.
Similarly to Patrarch, Boccacio wrote about classical literature and wrote about humanistic values.
Similarly to Patrarch, Boccacio wrote about classical literature and wrote about humanistic values.