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The 11 pages that link to Giovanni Boccaccio, each with the reason it gives.

• Black DeathRelated: His introduction to The Decameron describes plague-stricken Florence and social responses.

• Dante AlighieriRelated: Boccaccio helped establish Dante’s reputation and interpret his life for later generations.

• Italian literatureRelated: His narrative prose broadened the range and influence of vernacular storytelling.

• Geoffrey ChaucerRelated: Boccaccio’s works supplied Chaucer with sources, including material for Troilus and Criseyde.

• PetrarchRelated: Boccaccio exchanged ideas and texts with Petrarch and shared his enthusiasm for classical learning.

• Ottava rimaRelated: His poetry helped develop the stanza form before its Renaissance prominence.

• The DecameronRelated: He wrote The Decameron and appears within its frame as the authorial voice.

• Querelle des femmesRelated: His writings supplied both misogynist material and exemplary biographies for the debate.

• Ottavio RinucciniRelated: Rinuccini’s literary culture drew on the Tuscan tradition that Boccaccio helped establish.

• John LydgateRelated: His Latin account of famous falls was a major source for Lydgate’s The Fall of Princes.

• Troilus and CriseydeRelated: His treatment of the story provided Chaucer with a major model.