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The study deals with the fortune of Boccaccio's De mulieribus claris up to the female biographies of the last fifteenth century, analyzing also the way in which Boccaccio's latin treatise has influenced texts of a very different literary... more
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      Giovanni BoccaccioGiovanni Sabadino degli ArientiJacopo Filippo Foresti
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      Renaissance StudiesBibliographyItalian LiteratureItalian Renaissance literature
Alongside the bloom of Renaissance courts and their refined culture, the 15th century is also known for the outburst of modern demonology, setting the stage for the raging witch-hunts in the following centuries. The aim of my paper is to... more
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      DemonologyQuattrocentoUmanesimoMasuccio Salernitano
La versione integrale dell'articolo è liberamente accessibile al sito https://griseldaonline.unibo.it/ L'articolo mostra come il gioco del calcio fiorentino sia stato inserito tra i festeggiamenti del matrimonio bolognese di Annibale... more
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      Renaissance FlorenceLorenzo de' MediciCalcioGiovanni Sabadino degli Arienti
Following Horace's precept of "miscere utile dulci", the combination of entertainment and didascalic purposes is very common in medieval literature. Rather than in his "Decameron", however, Boccaccio expresses his strict obedience to such... more
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      HoraceRenaissance literatureBoccaccioItalian Novella
Il contributo, dopo aver esaminato il rapporto tra novellieri e pubblico in alcune opere del XIV secolo (Decameron, Trecentonovelle, Pecorone, Novelle di Sercambi e Sermini), si sofferma sulle raccolte del tardo Quattrocento di Masuccio... more
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      BoccaccioMasuccio SalernitanoNovellistica MedievaleGiovanni Sabadino degli Arienti
This essay argues that the first novella of Giovanni Sabadino degli Arienti's Porretane asserts the individual's right to privacy and underscores the importance of contractual obligations regardless of social status. It offers, moreover,... more
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      Renaissance StudiesItalian LiteratureRenaissance literatureItalian Renaissance literature