Abstract

BLANCO J., José. Giovanni Boccaccio: intermediary between culture classical and European Renaissance culture. Scripta Mediaevalia [online]. 2016, vol.9, n.1, pp.35-53. ISSN 1851-8753.

Giovanni Boccacio growth his interest on classics when meets Francesco Petrarca personally. The master/friend relationship guides him to write his latin works, and more importantly, go deeper on manuscripts researching. This allows him to rediscover works that were allegedly lost. Thus, he participates in the phenom of italian humanistic development, that gives birth to european Renaissance culture.

Keywords : Giovanni Boccacio; Francesco Petrarca; Medieval latin literature; Famous men and women biographies; mythography.

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