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's most famous work, the Decameron, probably finished by 1351, is a collection of one hundred stories told over the course of ten days by ten people (seven women and three men) who...
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About 1349-1351: Giovanni Boccaccio worked at his cycle of...
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About 1349-1351
Giovanni Boccaccio
worked at his cycle of tales entitled (from the fact that the stories are told over the course of ten days) the Decameron. It was first translated into English in 1620.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
20 October 1595: Michel de Montaigne's Essays were entered...
Arber, Edward, editor. A Transcript of the Registers of the Company of Stationers of London 1554-1660, A. D. Privately Printed, 1875–1894, 5 vols.
1603: John Florio published his translation of...
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1603
John Florio
published his translation of Montaigne
's Essays.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
22 March 1620: The first English translation of Boccaccio's...
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22 March 1620
The first English translation of Boccaccio
's cycle of tales generally known as the Decameron was entered in the Stationers' Register
; it was printed this year, possibly the work of John Florio
.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.
