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Period: Jan 1, 1313 to Jan 1, 1375
Timeline
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Jul 1, 1313
Born
Born in Certaldo or Florence, Italy -
Jan 1, 1327
Travels to Naples
Travels to Naples with his father. Agent of Bardi Bank. -
Jan 1, 1330
Attends lessons of Cino da Pistoia
She is a jurist poet and friend of Dante and Petrarch, and takes up the study of canon law. -
Jan 1, 1332
Boccaccio moves to Paris
Giovanni, with greater freedom, pursues his humanistics interests in literature as is attested by his first essays in Latin (the Elegia di Costanza and the Allegoria mitologica, both composed before 1334) and his first vernacular poetry. -
Jan 1, 1333
First exposure to the poetry of Petrarch
Boccaccio’s first exposure to the poetry of Petrarch. -
Dec 11, 1334
Composition of La caccia di Diana
Started composing in 1334 and ended in 1347 -
Jan 1, 1336
Finishes the Filocolo
During his time, he ends his period of study. (1336-1339) -
Jan 1, 1339
Writes a few Latin epistles
He writes The Crepor celsitudinis, dedicated to Carlo, duke of Durazzo; tha Mavortis milex, dedicated to Petrarch; the Nereus amphitribus and the Sacre famis, to unidentified friends. -
Jan 1, 1339
Composition of the Teseida
Took him one year to compose it (1339-1340) -
Jan 1, 1340
Filostrato is completed
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Dec 11, 1341
Composition of the Comedia Ninfe
(Commedia delle ninfe fiorentine) Took him one year to compose (1341-1342) -
Jan 1, 1342
Amorosa visione
First version of the Amorosa visione. Took him one year to write (1342-1343) -
Jan 1, 1343
Composition of the Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta
Took him one year to compose (1343-1344) -
Jan 1, 1344
Composition of the Ninfale fiesonalo
Took him one year to compose (1344-1345) -
Jan 1, 1347
Travels to Forli
(1347-1348) Resides at the court of Francesco Ordelaffi where he exchanges sonnets and carmina with the grammarian Checco di Meletto Rossi. -
Jan 1, 1349
Composition of the Decameron
Took him 2 years (1349-1351) -
Dec 21, 1375
Death
