After the composition of the Decameron, and under the influence
of Petrarch's humanism, Giovanni Boccaccio(1313-1375) devoted the
last decades of his life to compiling encyclopedic works in Latin.
Among them is "Famous Women," the first collection of biographies
in Western literature devoted exclusively to women.
The 106 women whose life stories make up this volume range from
the exemplary to the notorious, from historical and mythological
figures to Renaissance contemporaries. In the hands of a master
storyteller, these brief biographies afford a fascinating glimpse
of a moment in history when medieval attitudes toward women were
beginning to give way to more modern views of their potential.
"Famous Women," which Boccaccio continued to revise and expand
until the end of his life, became one of the most popular works in
the last age of the manuscript book, and had a signal influence on
many literary works, including Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" and
Castiglione's "Courtier." This edition presents the first English
translation based on the autograph manuscript of the Latin.
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