Giovanni Boccaccio
1313-1375
Boccaccio is the third of the Tuscan poets in the del Castagno
Famous Men and Women frescos. He was a contemporary of Petrach,
another poet in the del Castagno series. Together they had large
influence on the acceptance of vernacular literature. Boccaccio’s
best know work today is the Decameron.
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