boccaccio

Boccaccio's writings were obviously inspired by Dante and Petrarch but which of his writings actually mark a clear break from the styles of Dante and Petrarch? Would it be in the Decameron with his views on women, the Church and religion? Or does he make the break from them in his own poetic...

Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio are sometimes called the three crowns of Italian Renaissance Literature and Poetry. They are often credited with giving the Italian Renaissance it's first stirrings. The contributions they have made are considered 'beginnings' of new and different projects: the...