Giovanni Boccaccio
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Giovanni Boccaccio | |
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Born | 1313 Certaldo, Tuscany, Italy |
Dee'd | 21 December 1375 Certaldo, Tuscany, Italy | (aged 62)
Thrift | writer, poet |
Naitionality | Italian |
Period | late Middle Ages |
Relatives | Boccaccino di Chellino (faither) Margherita de' Mardoli (stepmither) |
Giovanni Boccaccio (/boʊˈkɑːtʃiˌoʊ, -tʃoʊ, bə-/; Italian: [dʒoˈvanni bokˈkattʃo]; 1313 – 21 December 1375)[1] wis an Italian writer, poet, correspondent o Petrarch, an an important Renaissance humanist.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Bartlett, Kenneth R. (1992). The Civilization of the Italian Renaissance. Toronto: D.C. Heath and Company. ISBN 0-669-20900-7 (Paperback). Page 43–44.