Death: During his last years, Boccaccio lived at his home in Certaldo in retirement. He would not do anything people asked him to do and just enjoyed it. On December 21, 1375, he died of old age, poverty, and ill health.

Early Influences: Always being around a market greatly impacted the life and future of Boccaccio. His father was a merchant and always took him there to show Boccaccio what his life would be like in the future. He would see all of the people running around the market and watch what they were doing. After a while, though, it got boring and he went to the grave of Virgil and devoted himself to poetry. Criticism is another factor that influenced Boccaccio. After he wrote his first work, many of his countrymen would tell him he was stupid and his writing was stupid. Well, this starting getting to his head and he started to believe it

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