![]() ![]() He died two years later at his ancestral home in Certaldo. In spite of his advanced age and the political dissensions in Florence which afflicted him sorely, he began, in 1373, his course of lectures in that city on the poems of Dante. After 1350 began his friendship with Petrarch, which lasted until the latter's death in 1374. He held certain public offices in Florence and was entrusted with diplomatic missions to Padua, the Romagna, Avignon, and elsewhere. In 1340 we find him back in Florence on the death of his father in 1348, he became the guardian of a younger brother. She was the inspiration of his earlier works, and the heroine of whom he tells under the name of Fiammetta. ![]() It is supposed that it was in 1334 that he saw for the first time Maria d'Acquino, a married woman and natural daughter of King Robert. But he gave himself up almost entirely to literature, and became intimately acquainted with some of the most prominent men and women of the court of Anjou. In 1327 Giovanni was sent to Naples to study law. Shortly afterwards the elder Boccaccio deserted Giannina, the mother of Giovanni, and brought the boy to Florence where he put him to school until he was ten years old, when he took him into business. His father, a merchant from Certaldo and a man of some prominence in Florence, had gone into business in Paris. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99. ![]() Please help support the mission of New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download. ![]()
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