The life of Giovanni Boccaccio

By hannahsnuffy
  • Period: Jan 1, 1313 to Jan 1, 1375

    Timeline

  • Jul 1, 1313

    Born

    Born
    Born in Certaldo or Florence, Italy
  • Jan 1, 1327

    Travels to Naples

    Travels to Naples
    Travels to Naples with his father. Agent of Bardi Bank.
  • Jan 1, 1330

    Attends lessons of Cino da Pistoia

    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

    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

    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

    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

    Composition of the Teseida
    Took him one year to compose it (1339-1340)
  • Jan 1, 1340

    Filostrato is completed

  • Dec 11, 1341

    Composition of the Comedia Ninfe

    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

    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

    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

    Composition of the Decameron
    Took him 2 years (1349-1351)
  • Dec 21, 1375

    Death