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Born in Certaldo or Florence, Italy
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Travels to Naples with his father. Agent of Bardi Bank.
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She is a jurist poet and friend of Dante and Petrarch, and takes up the study of canon law.
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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.
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Boccaccio’s first exposure to the poetry of Petrarch.
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Started composing in 1334 and ended in 1347
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During his time, he ends his period of study. (1336-1339)
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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.
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Took him one year to compose it (1339-1340)
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(Commedia delle ninfe fiorentine) Took him one year to compose (1341-1342)
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First version of the Amorosa visione. Took him one year to write (1342-1343)
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Took him one year to compose (1343-1344)
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Took him one year to compose (1344-1345)
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(1347-1348) Resides at the court of Francesco Ordelaffi where he exchanges sonnets and carmina with the grammarian Checco di Meletto Rossi.
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Took him 2 years (1349-1351)
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