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

Major Accomplishments: Boccaccio’s first work was composed at the command of Fiammettas in 1332. It described a romantic love and adventure of Florio and Biancafiore, a favorite with the minstrels of France, Italy, and Germany. Although he was not in favor of the way they wanted it, he still managed to write it as well as put his style into it. His second work is a 50-chapter poem called L amorosa Visione. It tells a dream in which Boccaccio, guided by a lady, sees the heroes and lovers of ancient and medieval times. The poem is written in terza rima form and although it seems puzzling, it has a really good story behind it. The third work of Boccaccio wrote his next work during his stay in Florence. It is called L amorosa Fiammetta. Although it is written in prose, it contains real poetry. It tells about how Fiammetta feels after her lover leaves her and lets all of her feelings out. The poem is a monody of passion sustained even to the verge of dullness, but strikingly real, and therefore artistically valuable. His fourth and final book is his stories from Decameron. He remembered the stories and put them in the mouths of the Florentines people. He also composed Filostrato, a narrative poem that is starting to make it where it is easy to read.

Education: Boccaccio was brought up his

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